> I don’t think the USA would have a shot at the trophy

With Trump in power they can grab it

And what to do with all of his supporters, which include the entire caste of billionaires, who control media and many other spheres of life, including the development of AGI?

Something something Tree of Liberty something something blood of tyrants.

We could even create a ton of new jobs in the guillotine sector.

And if it means we destroy AI, modern media and most of the web, all the better.

I'm honestly struggling to see a downside here.

Or until they have enough power and influence to hack the government so the money flow will never end

Everyone cares about the MAD doctrine, although some people with power may pretend they do not, while others may pretend they believe that those people with power don't care.

Don't forget you are expected to deliver x10 for the same pay, "because you have the AI now".

The system is designed to do exactly that. This is called ‘productivity increase’ and is deflationary in large dosages. Deflation sounds good until you understand where it’s coming from.

No just stop being cynical. The reason almost every electronic item is cheaper now than 2 decades back is just becuase the demand(and thus supply) is higher.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. I'd argue it's more the result of the CCP bankrolling the Chinese electronics industry to the point where roughly 70% of all electronics goods are produced in China. The concentration of expertise and supply chains is staggering, and, imo, was really born out of geopolitical strategy.

No, its not. Transistors used to cost $1. Now they cost $1/billion or something. It's all because the 10s of billions of fixed cost incurred by fab is shared among customers. If we create less chips, the fixed cost wont reduce.

> of the CCP bankrolling the Chinese electronics industry to the point where roughly 70% of all electronics goods are produced in China.

But we don't see this bankrolling in absolute values. Rather, it's due to regressive taxation, low (cheap) social security for workers, and very weak intellectual property protection.

It's an AI blackhole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21e5GZF3yx0

I got recommended this and I will watch it today, thank you. One of the comments points out

"They’ve literally told us that the plan is to get bailed out by the taxpayers"

This reminded me of how I think what's gonna happen/ is already happening is that they become too big to fail and get bailed out and the burden/loss becomes of taxpayers

So we are kind of living in a system which is reckless about finances/stability behind businesses where the system is such that all the profits are privatized but all the losses are shared/even funded by the average person

Combine in a mix of corruption in any political party to begin with and I am wondering why we don't have yet another french revolution.

> hundreds of millions of people who are against the war

Lie #1. If they were against the war there would be no war.

> That's not very bright of you, to put it mildly.

Lie #2. He tells facts.

> "just listen how silly Ukrainian sub-language sounds, lol".

Lie #3. This is not what Russian propaganda said. They said Ukraine will not allow to speak Russian and will punish for speaking it.

> Which is an argument every sane human being finds disgusting and stupid beyond all comprehension, of course.

The language itself is not guilty, of course. It's the speakers.

Their propaganda was saying a lot of different things, including both mentioned above.

Ukrainian is magical language that is both the same as russian (so not real language of its own) and difficult to learn, so russian not being an official language is literally genocide.

You should learn what the word "literally" means, apart from the truth about Ukrainian language.

I think they are sardonically stating the russian propaganda position(s) to highlight its ridiculousness, not agreeing with it.

> Ukrainian is … the same as russian (so not real language of its own)

What… the fuck?

A certain part of speakers - yes. A large part, no doubt, otherwise there'd be no one to fight this war.

But what about the other part?

The part that is guilty fell for the same trick that you're falling for - they perceived the whole nation as one single entity that, as they were told by the propaganda, was all Nazis, from newborns to the elderly.

We both know that was bullshit, but you keep painting all Russians in the same way the zombified part of Russians has been painting Ukrainians.

I don't think they want you to follow their behavior. They do want accountability, but for everyone below them, not for themselves.

Yes that’s what I meant. Bad parents tell you to do something else, while showing you another example. Then they remain unaccountable to their behavior as parents.

better product = inflicting more suffering while generating more revenue