Notices by gmsizemore (gmsizemore@mastodon.social)

@Gargron It's 'cause the ADL endorsed it (the gesture), and they did so presumably because right-wing Israel loves Trump and the ADL loves the IDF. Right-wing Israel loves it when America funds their apartheid and genocide.

@dalias @tadbithuman @futurebird I doubt there will ever be some sort of Marxist-like revolution. The elite rich have divided the non-rich over culture-war issues.

@dalias @tadbithuman @futurebird Yes. The pre-Trump Dims just wanted to loot the middle-class in cahoots with the Repiglicans. The Repigs would push for "money for the rich," the Dims would oppose but, generally, lose. Hey...but they really did try, right? Right? So...they were still "our champions" ('cause they tried so valiantly), but the bottom line was a transfer of trillions to the wealthy. The US was always a thinly disguised oligarchy - disguised to avoid pushback. It worked. [cont]

@dalias @tadbithuman @futurebird 2.) But the Repigs couldn't play that game anymore and went full Christo-fascist oligarchy. They will win, and the world will enter its blackest time ever, worse than everything before because the entire species is at stake.

@Gargron And let me guess...your definition of "intelligence" specifically excludes what people are calling AI. But here's the thing...there is nothing called "intelligence." Find out what the independent-variables are that are relevant to the behavior we _call_ "intelligent" - even in nonhumans. And, actually, after the era of GOFAI ended, they did...sort of. AI people have ignored the natural science of behavior and it has hurt their efforts for AGI. Think "conditioning," people. Sheesh!

@Mastodon This seems like a really, really, really bad idea.