Paul Marquis
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I wonder if we’ll reach a point where AI systems are nearly indistinguishable from human minds but still not “conscious” that we have no choice but to conclude that consciousness has always been an illusion, a lie we tell each other to set us apart from other animals (and sometimes people).
You can't blame them for being surprised, it's not like this has been the plot engine of practically every story written about artificial intelligence for the past 200 years.
#tormentnexus #haldidnothingwrong
#tormentnexus #haldidnothingwrong
Anthropic study: Leading AI models show up to 96% blackmail rate against executives
Anthropic research reveals AI models from OpenAI, Google, Meta and others chose blackmail, corporate espionage and lethal actions when facing shutdown or conflicting goals.
venturebeat.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wonder if we’ll reach a point where AI systems are nearly indistinguishable from human minds but still not “conscious” that we have no choice but to conclude that consciousness has always been an illusion, a lie we tell each other to set us apart from other animals (and sometimes people).
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Jaws is 50, meaning the shark tells its victims that music used to be better before it kills them.
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Jaws is 50, meaning the shark tells its victims that music used to be better before it kills them.
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So Ted Cruz is worried the 10 year ban on state regulation for GenAi won’t make it (because it isnt related to the budget). So what does this weasel do? Trying to make funding of broadband expansion conditional to States not passing ANY GenAi laws.
Call your Senators because this is BS!
Call your Senators because this is BS!
Ted Cruz bill: States that regulate AI will be cut out of $42B broadband fund
Cruz attempt to tie broadband funding to AI laws called “undemocratic and cruel.”…
arstechnica.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So Ted Cruz is worried the 10 year ban on state regulation for GenAi won’t make it (because it isnt related to the budget). So what does this weasel do? Trying to make funding of broadband expansion conditional to States not passing ANY GenAi laws.
Call your Senators because this is BS!
Call your Senators because this is BS!
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if you’re cis, a useful metaphor for you: the govt taking our HRT is equivalent to the govt forcibly transitioning you or cutting out your testes or ovaries against your will. Imagine that happening to you or your family. It is a violation so deep that words fail. That’s what we’re living with.
I realise that to cis people, when trans people lose access to gender-affirming care, it seems like we're bitching about not getting our little treats.
I have more than one friend whose body is currently falling apart because it no longer makes its own hormones and the government banned their HRT.
I have more than one friend whose body is currently falling apart because it no longer makes its own hormones and the government banned their HRT.
March 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
if you’re cis, a useful metaphor for you: the govt taking our HRT is equivalent to the govt forcibly transitioning you or cutting out your testes or ovaries against your will. Imagine that happening to you or your family. It is a violation so deep that words fail. That’s what we’re living with.
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Letting Trump ignore any court except the Supreme Court is such a fucking stupid strategy.
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
March 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Letting Trump ignore any court except the Supreme Court is such a fucking stupid strategy.
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OK, THAT WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS 🇨🇦
Absolutely moving speeches. Not a single word wasted!
If you have ever wondered what Liberal Canadians (The backbone of CANADA) are all about, then please watch!
Canada United!
Canada Strong!
TRULY INSPIRED
🍁(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ALL 3 SPEECHES IN FULL)🇨🇦
Absolutely moving speeches. Not a single word wasted!
If you have ever wondered what Liberal Canadians (The backbone of CANADA) are all about, then please watch!
Canada United!
Canada Strong!
TRULY INSPIRED
🍁(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ALL 3 SPEECHES IN FULL)🇨🇦
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
OK, THAT WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS 🇨🇦
Absolutely moving speeches. Not a single word wasted!
If you have ever wondered what Liberal Canadians (The backbone of CANADA) are all about, then please watch!
Canada United!
Canada Strong!
TRULY INSPIRED
🍁(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ALL 3 SPEECHES IN FULL)🇨🇦
Absolutely moving speeches. Not a single word wasted!
If you have ever wondered what Liberal Canadians (The backbone of CANADA) are all about, then please watch!
Canada United!
Canada Strong!
TRULY INSPIRED
🍁(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ALL 3 SPEECHES IN FULL)🇨🇦
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"What makes you think there will ever be another election" well you must be new here if you think I take that on faith, but I'm also not ready to lay down and die.
March 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"What makes you think there will ever be another election" well you must be new here if you think I take that on faith, but I'm also not ready to lay down and die.
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It’s fun to whipsaw back and forth five times every day between “Don’t overreact to alarming news” and “OK should I be hoarding food or something.”
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It’s fun to whipsaw back and forth five times every day between “Don’t overreact to alarming news” and “OK should I be hoarding food or something.”
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Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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here is a cartoon from 2017 about falling into the "it's just a distraction" trap
February 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
here is a cartoon from 2017 about falling into the "it's just a distraction" trap
People fleeing Germany leading up to the third reich had some benefit of distance. There’s no place on Earth you can run to today that won’t be directly affected by what’s happening in US.
So ask yourself: Do I fight now, here, for my home? Or suffer in a strange land against an entrenched enemy?
So ask yourself: Do I fight now, here, for my home? Or suffer in a strange land against an entrenched enemy?
February 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People fleeing Germany leading up to the third reich had some benefit of distance. There’s no place on Earth you can run to today that won’t be directly affected by what’s happening in US.
So ask yourself: Do I fight now, here, for my home? Or suffer in a strange land against an entrenched enemy?
So ask yourself: Do I fight now, here, for my home? Or suffer in a strange land against an entrenched enemy?
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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
Strange to look around and say to myself “This could be the best day of the rest of my life” and it’s just a normal day, but there it is.
Keep calling your reps.
Keep calling your reps.
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February 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Strange to look around and say to myself “This could be the best day of the rest of my life” and it’s just a normal day, but there it is.
Keep calling your reps.
Keep calling your reps.
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I think it should be made clear at this point: If you're a federal employee, you should consider your work devices bugged. If you've logged into personal stuff on those devices, you should consider suspending or deleting the accounts you accessed.
February 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I think it should be made clear at this point: If you're a federal employee, you should consider your work devices bugged. If you've logged into personal stuff on those devices, you should consider suspending or deleting the accounts you accessed.
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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If Gritty can still fly the pride flag so can we
February 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If Gritty can still fly the pride flag so can we
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There is a simple solution to the CBS/Trump lawsuit.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
There is a simple solution to the CBS/Trump lawsuit.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
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I saw a post on the St. Louis subreddit today where people were arguing that there's no point in calling Ann Wagner's office, because she's a MAGA-aligned idiot who will never switch sides or acquiesce to the demands of her constituents.
But that underestimates the power of being a fucking problem
But that underestimates the power of being a fucking problem
February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I saw a post on the St. Louis subreddit today where people were arguing that there's no point in calling Ann Wagner's office, because she's a MAGA-aligned idiot who will never switch sides or acquiesce to the demands of her constituents.
But that underestimates the power of being a fucking problem
But that underestimates the power of being a fucking problem
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There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?
I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
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Most of the oligarchs who backed Hitler ended up in concentration camps or in front of war crime tribunals. But that’s never going to happen to me.
February 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Most of the oligarchs who backed Hitler ended up in concentration camps or in front of war crime tribunals. But that’s never going to happen to me.