Nah, she’s STILL a true believer, she’s just separated MAGA from Trump, which is something very few politicians have done publicly, and very, very few voters have done.
It’s going to backfire. If MAGAs can’t vote for Trump, they’re going to want to vote for whoever Trump endorses, and it ain’t gonna be her.
Of course industrial robots have always existed, but technology is much better now, and we have AI to power them now. These aren’t your grandpappy’s robots.
The combination of automation and AI is going to lead to the elimination of entire human powered industries. The technology currently exists to automate EVERY fast food outlet in the country, and every one of those companies already has a system ready to roll out. The only reason they haven’t is because nobody wants to deal with the backlash when it happens. But once it does, the rest are going to follow, quickly. A lot of these jobs are first jobs, second household incomes, retirement supplements, etc. The loss of those jobs will be felt deeply.
How many people are supplementing their income with driving a ride share? How many older workers are doing that after losing their jobs? Both Uber and Lyft make it very clear on their website that they intend to replace their ENTIRE fleets with autonomous vehicles, which are nothing more than AI powered robots. These are people who aren’t on the unemployment rolls because they have managed to scrape together driving to work. Without this, they go right back to being on the unemployment rolls.
I just saw a report on autonomous trucks, predicting 170,000 on the roads with a few years. That’s 170,000 lost truck driving jobs. What are those professional drivers going to pivot to?
AI/ Automation won’t replace every job, but we will eventually have to live with a permanent unemployment rate over 50%, and if they could figure out to replace EVERY job, they would, enthusiastically.
The overall problem with humanity is that we think we’re as smart as humans can be, so we are at the pinnacle of human achievement.
I just saw a video about the first synthesizer. It was built in 1897, and it took up the basement of a building the size of an entire city block. They had the technology to do it, but not to do it well. But they didn’t see it that way. To them, it was the pinnacle of technology. But 75 years later, and we can put that same instrument in a suitcase.
Data Centers may be something that will be useful in the future, but our tech isn’t good enough yet. Right now it takes an enormous building, and mind-boggling amounts of resources, and does incredible damage to the environment, as well as the damage to the economy and the job market.
It’s like realizing that you can talk with two tin cans and a string, and then running out and installing a giant international system of tin cans & string, instead of waiting for the tech to advance to a point where we can do it properly.
Maybe in 50 years, the tech, regulations, and policy will be caught up to the ambition, but right now, we aren’t ready for it at this level of technology.
Nobody has said that AI will replace everyone, except rhetorically. But it will replace MANY people, on an increasing basis, as each new iteration gets more powerful.
It won’t take long before we have a PERMANENT double digit unemployment rate, and the government will gaslight us all into accepting that as normal, even as it rises to the 50% or more.
Empty G is still full blown MAGA, she just recognizes that Trump is heading for the exit soon, and as in all Cults of Personality, there is no #2. She’s angling to be the new MAGA leader, attracting those who have soured on Trump, as well as weak-willed Trad Dems, to give her an edge over those that only draw from MAGA.
Don’t fall for it, she’s still the same psychopath she’s always been. Hating Trump is a low bar, she’s going to have to do better than that.
And the reason you can’t get that is because the opponents pour zillions into campaigns to keep that from happening.
If you want Ranked Choice Voting, then you have to get money out of campaigns first.
I’ll say it again: Campaign Finance Reform is the issue from which ALL other issues flow.
What a fucking clueless bitch. She goes on to compare AI with the rise of the Internet, without the most basic understanding that the Internet was supposed to transform our lives for good, while the primary objective of AI is to replace as many human jobs as possible, simply to increase profits, at the expense of nearly EVERYTHING else.
100%. I paid for this space, and now you want to drop back into it, and make it difficult to use my tray table? Gimme $50.
Didn’t show up to court? Oh well, I guess that’s life in prison then.
Those 45,000 votes didn’t go away, they were just spread across reliable Red districts, which dilutes those districts, and makes them vulnerable.
It might not matter in a normal election, but in an election where Trump is deep underwater in even strong Red districts, we might find that they eliminated one district, but ended up putting two or more other districts at risk. In an election where Dems are more motivated than ever, and MAGAs are talking about sitting it out, those new districts might be in for a surprise.
In addition, at least 36 Republican seats are unopposed, and at least some of those will be surprised flips.
Always remember the most basic MAGA Axiom: MAGA is profoundly ignorant, and virtuosically incompetent. They fuck up everything, and they will fuck this up, too.
And then they will blame Biden and Obama, and say the Dems cheated.
Loser just loves to hear himself think out loud.
Campaign Finance Reform is the issue from which ALL other issues flow.
Limit presidential campaigns to 90 days, reducing the amount of money required.
Presidential campaigns are funded by the Federal government, with strict regulations on how the money is spent, including tight regulations on political speech. Outright lies will get a candidate disqualified, even if it means leaving a single candidate on the ballot.
It will be illegal to spend private money of any kind, from any source, on a political campaign, with harsh penalties.
All lobbying through campaign donations of any kind is strongly prohibited.
When money is removed from politics, the only thing of value is a Citizen’s single vote, and the candidate must battle to get that single vote, instead of money.
A Citizen is automatically registered to vote at birth, and that registration automatically validates on their 18th birthday. That vote is sacrosanct, and cannot be removed for ANY reason, including a felony conviction. Even incarcerated prisoners can vote. Even the suggestion that the vote should be removed from any group violates the law.
I used to think we should add 4 seats to SCOTUS. Now I think we should add 20. SCOTUS shouldn’t be so small that one bad faith president can negatively affect the country for the next 50 years.
With term limits, so every president gets a chance to add a few.
I used to work for the largest record company in America at the time, and saw a LOT of concerts of all kinds. My favorites:
Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra: Two genuine legends, at the top of their game.
kd lang: A private performance at a convention, and it was a PERFECT performance. It’s hard to describe what I mean, but I’ve never seen an audience react like that. A few weeks later, I saw her interviewed on 60 Minutes, and she mentioned that every now and then she does a perfect performance, and I knew she was thinking about that night.
Debbie Harry/ Tom Tom Club: Tom Tom Club (Talking Heads without David Byrne) opened with a blistering set, and then backed up Debbie Harry, who also had her guitarist Chris Stein with her. Just an incredible show.
Beethoven: Symphony #9: the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Thomas Hampson and Dawn Upshaw, at Carnegie Hall. Harnoncourt was one of my favorite conductors, very influential on my musical education, and seeing him conduct the greatest music ever composed was one of the most memorable musical moments of my life.
Prince - Saw him twice, and he was unbelievable both times. Frankly, I don’t think those performances were anything special for him, I think he was just that good, all the time.
Lindsey Buckingham - Private performance in a conference room with about 20 people. He played acoustic guitar, and sang three Fleetwood Mac songs. He sings so intensely, he turns bright red, and he looks like his head will explode. I met him after, and got a photo with him that I still have.
Nothing he likes better than big words and statistics.
Bribes. Don’t forget the straight up BRIBES.
He’s hoping they give him some gold to take home as a souvenir.
He already thinks that it’s all his, and he’ll want it all.
People are always the most suspicious of the behavior they are most capable of. A cheater thinks everyone is cheating on them, a thief thinks everyone is stealing from them. They rationalize to themselves that they are only stealing because everyone else is doing it, so they need to do it, too, just to keep it even.
He wants to see the gold, because he wants to steal it himself. I guarantee that he’s going to determine that the security of the gold is lacking, so HE will take possession of it for good keeping. It will be safer with him.
I used to support adding 3-5 seats to the Supreme Court, but no longer. Now I believe we should add around 20 seats, and have a SCOTUS that’s 29 or 31 members, with staggered term limits, so that every president gets to choose a few, but not enough to fundamentally change the direction of the court.
SCOTUS shouldn’t be so small that one president acting in bad faith can negatively influence American policy for the next 50 years.
I’m not too worried about the speed, slowing down the process would probably be good in many cases.
I don’t see a problem in seating them all. They have to show up for work every day, like anyone else. If it’s a court day, they’re expected to be there.