Olivier Fourcault
@olivier-flt.bsky.social
French lawyer Paris Bar
Founder CLP-CLIPERTON
Transition Infrastructures
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Founder CLP-CLIPERTON
Transition Infrastructures
Personal views/account
Unusually bold statement from Japan PM here:
(This time might be really different)
(This time might be really different)
Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said the country’s U.S. Treasury holdings could be a card in its trade talks with the Washington, referring to the largest stockpile of U.S. debt held by a foreign nation.
Japan’s Kato says U.S. Treasury holdings could be negotiation card
The comments come amid negotiations between Japan and the U.S. after President Donald Trump ramped up his global tariff campaign.
www.japantimes.co.jp
May 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Unusually bold statement from Japan PM here:
(This time might be really different)
(This time might be really different)
At the crossroads of workable quantum computing and already workable AI, a big-bang like will occur in human history:
My humble guess is that this point in time is less than 10 years ahead.
My humble guess is that this point in time is less than 10 years ahead.
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
At the crossroads of workable quantum computing and already workable AI, a big-bang like will occur in human history:
My humble guess is that this point in time is less than 10 years ahead.
My humble guess is that this point in time is less than 10 years ahead.
With the surge of AI capabilities the case of lethal autonomous weapons (LAW) makes a comeback to front pages:
»Paris Declaration on Maintaining Human Control in AI enabled Weapon Systems.«
11 February 2025
Good language. Signed by 25 countries. Germany one of them. Another welcome diplomatic gesture. But now Germany needs a proper military doctrine.
11 February 2025
Good language. Signed by 25 countries. Germany one of them. Another welcome diplomatic gesture. But now Germany needs a proper military doctrine.
Paris Declaration on Maintaining Human Control in AI enabled Weapon Systems.
Read the declaration.
www.elysee.fr
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
With the surge of AI capabilities the case of lethal autonomous weapons (LAW) makes a comeback to front pages:
Like today with China, the US was surpassed technologically notably in the semi conductors industry in the past, during the 70-80', by Japan.
It eventually resulted in the 1985 Plaza USD devaluation Accord.
Trump's tariffs are only the first stage.
But this time is a bit different:
it's China.
It eventually resulted in the 1985 Plaza USD devaluation Accord.
Trump's tariffs are only the first stage.
But this time is a bit different:
it's China.
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Like today with China, the US was surpassed technologically notably in the semi conductors industry in the past, during the 70-80', by Japan.
It eventually resulted in the 1985 Plaza USD devaluation Accord.
Trump's tariffs are only the first stage.
But this time is a bit different:
it's China.
It eventually resulted in the 1985 Plaza USD devaluation Accord.
Trump's tariffs are only the first stage.
But this time is a bit different:
it's China.
Today's Trump interview on US foreign policy is telling once you wipe out the s show:
- back in the Monroe doctrine, at any cost, to make the whole northern American continental plateau an invulnarable citadel,
- out of the 'break Eurasia unification at any cost' Brzeziński doctrine.
- back in the Monroe doctrine, at any cost, to make the whole northern American continental plateau an invulnarable citadel,
- out of the 'break Eurasia unification at any cost' Brzeziński doctrine.
January 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today's Trump interview on US foreign policy is telling once you wipe out the s show:
- back in the Monroe doctrine, at any cost, to make the whole northern American continental plateau an invulnarable citadel,
- out of the 'break Eurasia unification at any cost' Brzeziński doctrine.
- back in the Monroe doctrine, at any cost, to make the whole northern American continental plateau an invulnarable citadel,
- out of the 'break Eurasia unification at any cost' Brzeziński doctrine.
Reposted by Olivier Fourcault
I had ChatGPT compare the new X ToS that will come into effect on November 15th to the old ones. The most relevant point is the second one: X will use all your content to train the "Grok" AI and you will not be compensated for it.
October 23, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I had ChatGPT compare the new X ToS that will come into effect on November 15th to the old ones. The most relevant point is the second one: X will use all your content to train the "Grok" AI and you will not be compensated for it.
Reposted by Olivier Fourcault
The story around China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia is generating an enormous amount of buzz in China, and could potentially be immensely important.
I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.
A small 🧵
I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.
A small 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 4:50 AM
The story around China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia is generating an enormous amount of buzz in China, and could potentially be immensely important.
I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.
A small 🧵
I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.
A small 🧵
Hello All on BlueSky.
Nice to see familiar voices already here.
Nice to see familiar voices already here.
November 16, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Hello All on BlueSky.
Nice to see familiar voices already here.
Nice to see familiar voices already here.