Notices by Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social), page 5

Exempting military AI from global governance poses serious risks. @MarietjeSchaake draws attention to an intentional ‘blind spot’ https://www.ft.com/content/da03f8e1-0ae4-452d-acd1-ec284b6acd78

Read Percival Everett’s Dr No over the weekend. Good read, but nothing extraordinary 😋.

Because “we do not provide customer support” sounds bad, they’ll say “we will use AI to replace customer support personnel”. It’s just enshittification. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112331288712343918

BREAKING! Home Delivery company in Bangalore invents Time Machine.

Just before the flotilla was set to sail from Turkiye to Gaza on Friday with 5,000 tons of aid, a surprise inspection by the Guinea-Bissau International Ships Registry resulted in the removal of the flags from two of the Freedom Flotilla ships.

A press release by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition described the cancelation of the vessels’ registry as a “blatantly political move,” adding: “Without a flag, we cannot sail.”

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2500316/middle-east

Who’s the genius who thinks putting hundreds of young people in prison on trumped up charges is a good idea?

On a more unexpected note, came across this billboard message in western Oklahoma: “Protect abortion. Stop policing our bodies.” 3/

@ZekuZelalem I’m learning so much about Ethiopia and the region from your toots. 🙏🏽

@ZekuZelalem Thanks. I try to post links here; but my blog has an RSS feed that’s the best (if old-fashioned) way to keep abreast.

@BrianBinh @harshad And a bastard is a…

😀

@ZekuZelalem See the last couple of paragraphs here https://www.nitinpai.in/2024/04/19/there-are-costs-and-risks-to-an-amazing-missile-defence-shield

The concentration of market power in many industries in the US is not so much a feature of capitalism, but poor governance. Of regulatory capture.

Despite being the poster child of free markets (and liberal democracy) the United States is falling short on both.

People might not notice if a policy is illogical. But they certainly will if it is unfair.

What I like about Britain most?
The murder mysteries.

The feet
are not made
of clay.
They are made of identity.

Umbridges everywhere.

The world is less free.

“The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that, according to Egyptian sources, the US has agreed to the Israeli plan for a military operation in Rafah in exchange for a limited response against Iran.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/18/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-hamas-qatar-latest-news

@ubi @ElizabethLeeCo Thank you. #TIL

@ubi
@ElizabethLeeCo It has the shape but the wings are of military camouflage pattern.