Keith Abney
@keithabney.bsky.social
Space ethics, robot ethics, other tech ethics and bioethics. As well as whatever else I'm interested in, especially sports (NBA, MLB, etc.) All opinions only represent myself and not any institution I'm affiliated with.
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Systemic protections and guardrails are essential to a functioning society. Nature understands this even if oligarchs don't.
May 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Systemic protections and guardrails are essential to a functioning society. Nature understands this even if oligarchs don't.
As predicted, Elon wants human jobs to disappear: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way
The civil service is being turned over to machines.
www.theatlantic.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
As predicted, Elon wants human jobs to disappear: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Deterrence theory goes from MAD to MAIM: gizmodo.com/eric-schmidt...
Eric Schmidt Suggests Countries Could Engage in Mutual Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM)
The U.S. should not create its own Manhattan Project for AI, because such a project would invite retaliation from adversaries.
gizmodo.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Deterrence theory goes from MAD to MAIM: gizmodo.com/eric-schmidt...
Not exactly the Turing test, but concerning: futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...
The Smarter AI Gets, the More It Start Cheating When It's Losing
New research has shown that some AI models will do just about anything to accomplish their task, including hacking your computer.
futurism.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Not exactly the Turing test, but concerning: futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...
Feel free to read, comment, or ask questions. www.satellitetoday.com/cybersecurit...
Cyber Threat Scenarios: Cubesat Hack
Read about the first in a series of hypothetical scenarios, each one examining a different fictional threat.
www.satellitetoday.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Feel free to read, comment, or ask questions. www.satellitetoday.com/cybersecurit...
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Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.
Well, until 2028, when we'll be able to either drop the impact likelihood to zero, or raise it to nearly 100%. Then panic. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Well, until 2028, when we'll be able to either drop the impact likelihood to zero, or raise it to nearly 100%. Then panic. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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If you really are worried about extinction, why think Musk's approach will save us? Instead, take the ethical high road and hope ASI sees us as worthy of continuing existence. A bare existence on Mars wouldn't save us from ASI intent on our extinction.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...
Here's Why Elon Musk's 'Fork in the Road' Is Really a Dead End
Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational survival, which has its roots in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
www.scientificamerican.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you really are worried about extinction, why think Musk's approach will save us? Instead, take the ethical high road and hope ASI sees us as worthy of continuing existence. A bare existence on Mars wouldn't save us from ASI intent on our extinction.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...
Louisiana indicts NY doctor for telemedicine prescription. NY governor refuses extradition. For now. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
N.Y. doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana girl
A New York doctor was indicted Friday with prescribing a Louisiana girl pills that caused an abortion — seemingly the first time an abortion doctor has been criminally charged since Roe v. Wade was ov...
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Louisiana indicts NY doctor for telemedicine prescription. NY governor refuses extradition. For now. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Huge trade in the NBA; why would Dallas trade a 25 y.o. Luka Doncic for an older Anthony Davis. But: Dallas ownership is super MAGA, and might know that Trump will repeal green card work permits from all ‘unfriendly’ countries, including the EU! So trading Luka for an American star would make sense.
February 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Huge trade in the NBA; why would Dallas trade a 25 y.o. Luka Doncic for an older Anthony Davis. But: Dallas ownership is super MAGA, and might know that Trump will repeal green card work permits from all ‘unfriendly’ countries, including the EU! So trading Luka for an American star would make sense.
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by the time the public realises the havoc these charlatans are causing, it'll probably be too late to do anything about it (if anyone is capable or powerful enough to do anything at all)
futurism.com/openai-signs...
futurism.com/openai-signs...
OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security
OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with "nuclear security."
futurism.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
by the time the public realises the havoc these charlatans are causing, it'll probably be too late to do anything about it (if anyone is capable or powerful enough to do anything at all)
futurism.com/openai-signs...
futurism.com/openai-signs...
Mississippi lawmaker wants to make male masturbation illegal. www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/m...
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
www.wlbt.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Mississippi lawmaker wants to make male masturbation illegal. www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/m...
Nothing to worry about, OpenAI is pushing to build AGI robots with special sensors. Nothing to worry about. venturebeat.com/ai/openai-ha...
OpenAI has begun building out its robotics team
Previously, OpenAI partnered with robotics startup Figure to provide the models powering the latter's humanoid robots.
venturebeat.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nothing to worry about, OpenAI is pushing to build AGI robots with special sensors. Nothing to worry about. venturebeat.com/ai/openai-ha...
Imagine being biased towards the truth! Meta/ Facebook no longer even pretending to stop disinformation, apparently: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users
Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.
www.bbc.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Imagine being biased towards the truth! Meta/ Facebook no longer even pretending to stop disinformation, apparently: www.bbc.com/news/article...
More on robotic kitchens and possible tech unemployment: www.the-sun.com/tech/1318775...
Robot chefs are taking over restaurant jobs and pushing humans out of ALL roles
HUMANS could disappear entirely from restaurant kitchens as robots take over nearly all roles – including cooking and cleaning. Companies are launching unique AI robot chefs that prepare and …
www.the-sun.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
More on robotic kitchens and possible tech unemployment: www.the-sun.com/tech/1318775...
Merry Christmas to all! And a little bit of Christmas glee mocking some wrongheaded people in my profession:
December 25, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Merry Christmas to all! And a little bit of Christmas glee mocking some wrongheaded people in my profession:
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'It is in the Palestinian territories that the dystopian sci-fi future of autonomous killer robots has edged ever closer to reality, with Palestinians serving as test subjects for the Israeli military-industrial Complex.'
My latest for Jacobin mag
40 years after The Terminator warned us, killer robots & autonomous weaponised drones are being deployed in real-world conflicts.
From Gaza's AI-enabled Genocide to Ukraine, the dystopian future of machine warfare isn’t science fiction anymore
jacobin.com/2024/12/term...
40 years after The Terminator warned us, killer robots & autonomous weaponised drones are being deployed in real-world conflicts.
From Gaza's AI-enabled Genocide to Ukraine, the dystopian future of machine warfare isn’t science fiction anymore
jacobin.com/2024/12/term...
The Terminator’s Vision of AI Warfare Is Now Reality
Forty years after The Terminator warned us about killer robots, AI-powered drones and autonomous weapons are being deployed in real-world conflicts. From Gaza to Ukraine, the dystopian future of machi...
jacobin.com
December 22, 2024 at 9:03 PM
'It is in the Palestinian territories that the dystopian sci-fi future of autonomous killer robots has edged ever closer to reality, with Palestinians serving as test subjects for the Israeli military-industrial Complex.'
No longer 10 years away from being 10 years away; now just 10 years away? www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/c...
‘World’s first’ grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant announced in the US in another step for the futuristic energy | CNN
If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the early 203...
www.cnn.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:26 AM
No longer 10 years away from being 10 years away; now just 10 years away? www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/c...
Just how fast will the takeoff be? FOOM soon? github.com/WhitzardInde...
github.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Just how fast will the takeoff be? FOOM soon? github.com/WhitzardInde...
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Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds
astrobiology.com/2024/12/towa... #astrobiology #robotics #droids #rovers #Enceladus #Europa #OceanWorld
astrobiology.com/2024/12/towa... #astrobiology #robotics #droids #rovers #Enceladus #Europa #OceanWorld
Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds - Astrobiology
Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs of life and potentially habitable bodies
astrobiology.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds
astrobiology.com/2024/12/towa... #astrobiology #robotics #droids #rovers #Enceladus #Europa #OceanWorld
astrobiology.com/2024/12/towa... #astrobiology #robotics #droids #rovers #Enceladus #Europa #OceanWorld
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