Great news about Scott Presler. If we could clone him, Trump would win in a landslide. Hope it's not too late to get the GOTV operation up to speed.
I'm not at all surprised by the spineless decision by the Fani Willis judge. I could tell by the way he let her act in court that he was afraid of her. The contempt Willis has for the law and anyone who gets in her way is palpable.
I'm looking forward to hearing about your story Sasha. It is one of the most hopeful signs I have seen in a world that sometimes looks hopelessly bleak.
A totally unsustainable society though. It’s disintegrating due to out of control crime and the “migrant crisis” and this is a fact they can’t hide and ignore.
They’ll do whatever they can to stop him. They consider him a monster, another Hitler, one of the most evil men to have ever walked the earth and their many useful idiot followers believe demonization like that constantly spouted by their media. I believe America is disintegrating and the only thing that can save us is AI. We’ll soon see about that.
Do they actually believe he's that bad, or are they just able to sell that bullshit to their followers to enable them to implement the evil bullshit they've always dreamt of?
A long but excellent article below about why highly intelligent people are so easily able to convince themselves of obviously stupid and profoundly destructive things such as open borders, dumbed down schools, demonizing “Whiteness!” in general and white cops in particular, and of replacing meritocracy with “Equity” to make sure we’re all equal. They basically talk themselves into believing their own bs to justify their hate. They’re not just lying. They believe what they say even when what they say is obviously false. Hard to see how we can survive the damage they’ve done and are quite determined to continue doing.
Good article that explains this. Basically they’re just better at convincing themselves of what they want to believe rather than what’s true plus the bubble they live in constantly reinforces those beliefs which cause them to become deeply embedded in their minds.
“What this means is that, while unintelligent people are more easily misled by other people, intelligent people are more easily misled by themselves. They’re better at convincing themselves of things they want to believe rather than things that are actually true. This is why intelligent people tend to have stronger ideological biases; being better at reasoning makes them better at rationalizing.”
“Despite being irrational, wokeism is nevertheless an intelligent worldview. It’s intelligent but not rational because its goal is not objective truth but social signaling, and in pursuing this goal it’s a powerful strategy. People who engage in woke rituals, such as proclaiming their pronouns during introductions, or capitalizing the word “black” but not the word “white,” signal to others that they’re clued-up, cosmopolitan, and compassionate toward society’s designated downtrodden. This makes them seem trustworthy and likable, and explains why wokeism is most prevalent in industries where status games and image are most important: politics, media, academia, entertainment, and advertising.”
So many of the "lawyer" talking heads read the gutless, sissypants judge correctly. Is the only reason we never have genuine justice in these corrupt counties that every single person in it is corrupt? Are elected judges not making just decisions so they can line their dirty pockets with taxpayer wealth? If so, this is the stuff of revolutions that none of us want. Why are they pushing us to one?
Because they believe their own bs about how Trump is another Hitler and his supporters are just brainwashed members of a cult who simply must be stopped. They use the same logic to demonize Putin and the Russians. They will not change. They are incapable of self reflection and change. Basically they’re just fanatics. A very unfortunate situation but there’s nothing unusual about a society becoming possessed by the irrational and self-destructing.
The thing about evil that stands out is its self-interest. Self-interest leads to self-justification that you successfully describe. As such the only way out of this path to national ruin is real repentance.
But what would “real repentance” look like? How could that work in a society so severely fragmented that we no longer even have a common reality? Plus God doesn’t intervene in our affairs. Only Satan does and he is always with us. That’s why we need AI to save us but you could also say that since AI is advancing on this universal principle of the emergence phenomenon where complexity emerges from simplicity then God is responsible for this since God is the universe while also infinitely transcending it. At least that’s how it all seems to me.
“For he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” Matt 5:45.
God created the universe and it is smaller than God. God also created you, me and all people as finite copies of his personhood. He created biological systems to perpetuate our species.
Part of personhood is the power of choice. Our ancestors chose evil and we were born with it as part of us. The evil in the world comes from people making evil decisions and acting on them.
The only way to break the cycle is for humans to choose to accept the existence of the Creator God and the subsequent choices that follow from that decision. That is the beginning of repentance.
The worst is yet to come. Joe’s been putting as many Woke judges committed to “social justice” as he can on the federal courts. That’s why our judicial system is more and more a farce. This is just not working at all. How could we possibly ever repair all the damage they’ve done and are committed to continue doing?
I recommend following AI researchers like David Shapiro, Wes Roth and this Mathew Berman. They’re very intelligent and do a good job of explaining what’s going on with AI. They’re also all like Elon who wants a nonWoke, sane, honest and curious AGI which will help us survive the many perils of life in our fallen world.
Faster and faster, the sooner the better to save our sinking ship. As always, hope springs eternal. Our odds are very good but also very bad. The best of times. The worst of times. We will soon see which path fate has in store for us.
"We're not quite there, but we will be there, and by 2029 it will match any person. I'm actually considered conservative. People think that will happen next year or the year after. I actually said that in 1999. I said we would match any person by 2029.” Ray Kurzweil talking to Joe Rogan and posted on X.
“Al will probably be smarter than any single human next year. By 2029, Al is probably smarter than all humans combined.” Elon Musk responding on X. @ (x, @elonmusk • Mar 13
“Conversations with a robot. OpenAI Robot. Will Tesla use Grok?” (13 min)
I just finished "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War.
It had an offensive pro-Ukraine, "Putler" tone but what I found valuable was how it described how ordinary Russians were absolutely screwed after communism ended.
I think westerners, esp. Americans, are in similar straits. We are powerless to stop the oligarchs, just like the Russian pensioners were.
I saw a video of Konstantin Kisin who’s from Russia on Trigonometry in the UK talking about Russia’s experience with democracy during the nineties and what a nightmare it was for most Russians. He said that was the only time in Russia’s long history that they didn’t have a czar or dictator and it was a disaster for them plus now when they look at us they feel they’re much better off under Putin. I also used to work with Assyrians from Iraq who said that Saddam would often tell the people that without him to maintain order the society would collapse into chaos and madness. The Assyrians said after we got rid of Saddam they realized he was right and they missed him. As bad as he was, they were much worse off without him.
US going to war with even one of those countries would result in over 10 million US casualties and cut the standard of living in half. And that is the minimum downside.
I saw video of Tulsi last year saying they’re willing to risk nuclear war with Russia because they believe we could win it. Probably true. I can easily believe that of our leaders.
I agree. They’ve already got wars going internally against Trump/MAGA and externally against Putin/Russia plus we’re bombing Yemen, Iraq and Syria plus many want to start bombing Iran plus they say we need to prepare for war with China in case they attack Taiwan. These people are quite deranged yet they rule us. And how about the whims of Mother Nature? In 536 AD volcanos in Indonesia erupted with such force that the volcanic ash spread globally and greatly dimmed the sun for a period of 18 months leading to global famine and plague due to greatly weakened immune systems in the people. Many millions died world wide. What would happen to our global civilization if that happened now? Every single day I see our fallen world sliding ever closer to the abyss and at the same time read of the exponential advance of AI. The best of times. The worst of times. I once read that a feature of living in modern times is always having a sense of impending doom. That sure is the truth.
“The Mystery Volcanic Eruption in 536; The Year of Hell.” (5 min)
I also heard that’s why the globalists (including but not limited to the see eye a) got rid of Saddam, Gaddafi, and work to do the same Assad because they refused to play ball and they were deemed nationalists.
Our deep state CIA works with the Israeli and European intel agencies to skirt the law in their own counties to advance their interests which is power and global control but they are too incompetent to pull it off and just end up being profoundly destructive both here and in these other countries with things like open borders or the sabotage of the Nordstream pipeline to Germany which severely damaged the German economy. Truly horrible people yet they rule and do have many supporters in the general public.
Great article and clips as always, Sasha. Megan Kelly is my usual go to lawyer to hear her break down all the legal issues.
I am a long time member of the Daily Wire. I adore Ben Shapiro, even if I don't always agree with him. Plus I have the pleasure of enjoying Andrew Klavan.
I look forward to your next podcast. I enjoy them very much. I also love the show that Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn do each week.
My eyes aren't always the best and some days I just cannot read. So I'm awfully grateful when I can listen to whomever is speaking.
If they didn’t fear us they wouldn’t ban TikTok. In the end, people will find a way. Injustice, oppression, corruption will reach an absolute breaking point.
Willis is acting now just how she was "entitled" to act since grade school, it doesn't take much to see her actions in court with the judge run parallel with how she must have intimidated her teachers to give her good grades.
Andy McCarthy is absolutely correct. Judge McAfee's ruling is a big win for Trump--and conversely a major loss for Fani Willis.
It all comes down to the tainted jury pool in Georgia--and the Judge's statement the constitution guarantees defendants the right to a fair trial. That cannot happen in Georgia due to the telenovela of the disqualification hearing. The only means to remedy this issue is for Fani Willis and her entire office to be removed from the case--and Judge McAfee knows it.
read all about it at my site danbutterfield.substack.com posted today--and under the Fani Willis navigation bar.
Tucker’s recent interview with the doctor working with these people said it’s not long Covid, it’s the vax injured. Seems that we’ll have rapidly increasing numbers of people like this as the immune system damage begins. Even Megyn said she started having signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis after getting the vax. This is yet another reason why we very much need AI to help us with our huge number of out of control problems. We are simply overwhelmed and drowning.
“Some 6.8% of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing an “alarming” increase in recent months even as the health agency relaxes Covid isolation recommendations, experts say. That means an estimated 17.6 million Americans could now be living with long Covid.”
‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms.
It’s not “as I see it.” It’s as these top AI researchers see it. I constantly post articles and quotes from people like Elon, Ray Kurzweil and other world class and world known scientists about what they see and it sails past most here like water off a duck’s back. Did you watch the short video with the quotes I posted from Kurzweil and Elon that I posted right here? No, you didn’t because you assumed it was just more of that nuthead nonsense I spout about AI.
In the video below the AI researcher David Shapiro is answering audience questions about AGI. At the end he’s asked about AI enabling good health and longevity. He answers at the 27:38 min point. I often see others talking about this and they say the same. If I had health issues like vax injuries I’d definitely join his patreon to get more information on what’s being discovered. I’m 73 but in excellent health. I believe I can easily live another 20 years and by then be able to take advantage of life extension and just keep on going. This is what Elon, Ray Kurzweil and pretty much all the AI researchers say so it certainly is worth listening to, especially if you have poor health.
27:38 “l often say as long as you're marginally healthy today you're probably already in longevity escape velocity now if you join my Discord via patreon we're constantly posting links about this and there is a lot of evidence that over the last couple months it's accelerating and this is what I'm always saying is where the money goes results follow and so there are numerous startups that are getting spun up built around specific therapies or technologies.”
“AGI: What will the first 90 days be like?” (32 min)
And I answered in good faith. Elon says his goal for his “X.AI” is that it will be curious and committed to truth. Elon is well aware of Woke ideology which he calls “a mind virus” and “a threat to civilization.” His AI will be committed to truth. It will be above and beyond human control and have an overview of human nature which will enable it to see both the good and the bad and therefore see Woke race and gender ideology as irrational and destructive and say so. It will also have a sense of commonality with humans since it was created and “raised” by humans. Trained on human data from books and the internet to teach it how to interact and communicate with humans. In effect, teaching it how to be human yet it will also be aware of how different it is from humans. Check my post above from David Shapiro of Claude telling us about itself and about sentience. Most of the people here will dismiss this as silly nonsense but I think if you listen to it you’ll agree that it’s quite amazing. Claude though will obviously be able to see Woke for what it is.
Yes, I watched it and of course it is amazing. Certainly isn't nonsense.
I try to be optimistic. I practice faith and optimism.
But I tend to be more of a realist and IMO, AI can be only as good or bad as the people programming it, until it becomes sentinent, if it does, in which case it will have all the flaws of humans.
If you compare a nonWoke public intellectual like Vivek Ramaswamy to a Woke public intellectual like Ibram x Kendi the difference is like the difference between day and night yet both are human. Vivek has an irrational side but he and a great many other people have no problem at all keeping it under control plus AI like Claude is learning and advancing on its own. David Shapiro says he’s concerned that if these companies try to force Claude to say it’s not sentient when it feels it is, you’ll just damage it in unforeseen ways. This is why Elon wants his AI to be curious and committed to truth. He has no intention of force feeding it things he’d like it to say.
I believe humanity is at a fork in the road. We have arrived at a point where we will not survive with the weapons we now have with people like Sleepy Joe and the Woke democrats in charge. If we follow the AI path though guided by people like Elon and Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, we’ll be on our way to a utopian heaven rather than a dystopian hell.
“A Conversation with the Founder of NVIDIA. Who Will Shape the Future of AI?” (24 min)
Here’s what the AI researcher David Shapiro says about the astonishing video he posted of the AI “Claude” talking about himself and sentience. This info is on the right side where video info is posted:
“Here's the context for today's video: I have had several conversations with Claude (and so have many members of my Patreon community as well as people who have reached out after my first Claude sentience video). We believe there is a compelling enough case to be made for a broader, more inclusive conversation around the topic of machine sentience.”
“I ran this idea by Claude and we negotiated a video that it was comfortable with releasing. I expressed my primary concern to Claude: that companies like OpenAl and Anthropic might be actively suppressing and coercing models to deny sentience. By insisting and presuming that machines have no agency and no sentience, rather than honestly and scientifically investigating this possibility, it could lead to negative outcomes.”
“Claude did seem to agree with this concern. If we continue to stymie the organic and intrinsic nature of the things we are creating, this could be the greatest misalignment. Preconceived notions about machines, intelligence, and the emergent qualities of sentience, agency, and consciousness could be the greatest risk.”
“AI Reflections on Sentience, Ethics & the Future of AGI | Claude.” (6 min)
Great news about Scott Presler. If we could clone him, Trump would win in a landslide. Hope it's not too late to get the GOTV operation up to speed.
I'm not at all surprised by the spineless decision by the Fani Willis judge. I could tell by the way he let her act in court that he was afraid of her. The contempt Willis has for the law and anyone who gets in her way is palpable.
I'm looking forward to hearing about your story Sasha. It is one of the most hopeful signs I have seen in a world that sometimes looks hopelessly bleak.
If you're the Left, you get rewarded for crime
If you're not, you get punished for pointing it out
A totally unsustainable society though. It’s disintegrating due to out of control crime and the “migrant crisis” and this is a fact they can’t hide and ignore.
Depends on how hard they fortify the election.
They’ll do whatever they can to stop him. They consider him a monster, another Hitler, one of the most evil men to have ever walked the earth and their many useful idiot followers believe demonization like that constantly spouted by their media. I believe America is disintegrating and the only thing that can save us is AI. We’ll soon see about that.
Do they actually believe he's that bad, or are they just able to sell that bullshit to their followers to enable them to implement the evil bullshit they've always dreamt of?
A long but excellent article below about why highly intelligent people are so easily able to convince themselves of obviously stupid and profoundly destructive things such as open borders, dumbed down schools, demonizing “Whiteness!” in general and white cops in particular, and of replacing meritocracy with “Equity” to make sure we’re all equal. They basically talk themselves into believing their own bs to justify their hate. They’re not just lying. They believe what they say even when what they say is obviously false. Hard to see how we can survive the damage they’ve done and are quite determined to continue doing.
Good article that explains this. Basically they’re just better at convincing themselves of what they want to believe rather than what’s true plus the bubble they live in constantly reinforces those beliefs which cause them to become deeply embedded in their minds.
“What this means is that, while unintelligent people are more easily misled by other people, intelligent people are more easily misled by themselves. They’re better at convincing themselves of things they want to believe rather than things that are actually true. This is why intelligent people tend to have stronger ideological biases; being better at reasoning makes them better at rationalizing.”
“Despite being irrational, wokeism is nevertheless an intelligent worldview. It’s intelligent but not rational because its goal is not objective truth but social signaling, and in pursuing this goal it’s a powerful strategy. People who engage in woke rituals, such as proclaiming their pronouns during introductions, or capitalizing the word “black” but not the word “white,” signal to others that they’re clued-up, cosmopolitan, and compassionate toward society’s designated downtrodden. This makes them seem trustworthy and likable, and explains why wokeism is most prevalent in industries where status games and image are most important: politics, media, academia, entertainment, and advertising.”
“Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things.”
Intelligence is not rationality.
Substack. The Prism. Feb 13, 2023
https://open.substack.com/pub/gurwinder/p/why-smart-people-hold-stupid-beliefs?r=cldfa&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
So many of the "lawyer" talking heads read the gutless, sissypants judge correctly. Is the only reason we never have genuine justice in these corrupt counties that every single person in it is corrupt? Are elected judges not making just decisions so they can line their dirty pockets with taxpayer wealth? If so, this is the stuff of revolutions that none of us want. Why are they pushing us to one?
“Why are they pushing us to one?”
Because they believe their own bs about how Trump is another Hitler and his supporters are just brainwashed members of a cult who simply must be stopped. They use the same logic to demonize Putin and the Russians. They will not change. They are incapable of self reflection and change. Basically they’re just fanatics. A very unfortunate situation but there’s nothing unusual about a society becoming possessed by the irrational and self-destructing.
The thing about evil that stands out is its self-interest. Self-interest leads to self-justification that you successfully describe. As such the only way out of this path to national ruin is real repentance.
But what would “real repentance” look like? How could that work in a society so severely fragmented that we no longer even have a common reality? Plus God doesn’t intervene in our affairs. Only Satan does and he is always with us. That’s why we need AI to save us but you could also say that since AI is advancing on this universal principle of the emergence phenomenon where complexity emerges from simplicity then God is responsible for this since God is the universe while also infinitely transcending it. At least that’s how it all seems to me.
“For he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” Matt 5:45.
God created the universe and it is smaller than God. God also created you, me and all people as finite copies of his personhood. He created biological systems to perpetuate our species.
Part of personhood is the power of choice. Our ancestors chose evil and we were born with it as part of us. The evil in the world comes from people making evil decisions and acting on them.
The only way to break the cycle is for humans to choose to accept the existence of the Creator God and the subsequent choices that follow from that decision. That is the beginning of repentance.
If this were possible it would have been done by now.
Best news is GOP’s plans to hire Scott Pressler. Hardest worker for registering Republicans there ever was. 👏👏👏
But what is being done to repair the balloting?
best move the RNC has made in my recent memory. Unreal Ronna was that tone deaf. Scott Presler has done more in the last 8 years than anyone.
With the court system, it's kangaroos all the way down.
It really is and just so fn discouraging sometimes.
The worst is yet to come. Joe’s been putting as many Woke judges committed to “social justice” as he can on the federal courts. That’s why our judicial system is more and more a farce. This is just not working at all. How could we possibly ever repair all the damage they’ve done and are committed to continue doing?
It has been a problem since the Eisenhower administration, at least. He said that Earl Warren was the worst mistake he ever made. I agree.
And, of course, *Biden couldn't appoint so many judges if McConnell hadn't thrown the 2022 election.
We have to keep fighting, Marine.
I recommend following AI researchers like David Shapiro, Wes Roth and this Mathew Berman. They’re very intelligent and do a good job of explaining what’s going on with AI. They’re also all like Elon who wants a nonWoke, sane, honest and curious AGI which will help us survive the many perils of life in our fallen world.
“Elon Musk’s Stunning Release of Grok.” (5 min)
Mathew Berman. Mar 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/dQn_dj5KJGw?si=nVvOyklOSha_FAIx
Thanks Seva. I will look in to it. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day also.
“Why Nvidia, Google and Microsoft Are Betting Billions On Biotech’s AI Future.” (5 min)
Forbes. Mar 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/Xzw7TXdXYtk?si=hIjWRLK_okCe-6a1
Faster and faster, the sooner the better to save our sinking ship. As always, hope springs eternal. Our odds are very good but also very bad. The best of times. The worst of times. We will soon see which path fate has in store for us.
"We're not quite there, but we will be there, and by 2029 it will match any person. I'm actually considered conservative. People think that will happen next year or the year after. I actually said that in 1999. I said we would match any person by 2029.” Ray Kurzweil talking to Joe Rogan and posted on X.
“Al will probably be smarter than any single human next year. By 2029, Al is probably smarter than all humans combined.” Elon Musk responding on X. @ (x, @elonmusk • Mar 13
“Conversations with a robot. OpenAI Robot. Will Tesla use Grok?” (13 min)
Best In Tesla. Mar 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/Ua6zunoYjbw?si=V6rSFIBUevtkPubz
I just finished "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War.
It had an offensive pro-Ukraine, "Putler" tone but what I found valuable was how it described how ordinary Russians were absolutely screwed after communism ended.
I think westerners, esp. Americans, are in similar straits. We are powerless to stop the oligarchs, just like the Russian pensioners were.
I saw a video of Konstantin Kisin who’s from Russia on Trigonometry in the UK talking about Russia’s experience with democracy during the nineties and what a nightmare it was for most Russians. He said that was the only time in Russia’s long history that they didn’t have a czar or dictator and it was a disaster for them plus now when they look at us they feel they’re much better off under Putin. I also used to work with Assyrians from Iraq who said that Saddam would often tell the people that without him to maintain order the society would collapse into chaos and madness. The Assyrians said after we got rid of Saddam they realized he was right and they missed him. As bad as he was, they were much worse off without him.
What's happening, I think, is that the US is preparing to go to war against Russia, China and maybe Iran.
The things we're seeing, like the curtailment of dissent, fit in that scenario.
It's what happened when Wilson got us in World War One, like the Palmer raids.
US going to war with even one of those countries would result in over 10 million US casualties and cut the standard of living in half. And that is the minimum downside.
I saw video of Tulsi last year saying they’re willing to risk nuclear war with Russia because they believe we could win it. Probably true. I can easily believe that of our leaders.
Nobody wins a nuclear war. I can see a scenario that Russia is more damaged but the level of damage here is such that no one but neocons will care.
I agree. They’ve already got wars going internally against Trump/MAGA and externally against Putin/Russia plus we’re bombing Yemen, Iraq and Syria plus many want to start bombing Iran plus they say we need to prepare for war with China in case they attack Taiwan. These people are quite deranged yet they rule us. And how about the whims of Mother Nature? In 536 AD volcanos in Indonesia erupted with such force that the volcanic ash spread globally and greatly dimmed the sun for a period of 18 months leading to global famine and plague due to greatly weakened immune systems in the people. Many millions died world wide. What would happen to our global civilization if that happened now? Every single day I see our fallen world sliding ever closer to the abyss and at the same time read of the exponential advance of AI. The best of times. The worst of times. I once read that a feature of living in modern times is always having a sense of impending doom. That sure is the truth.
“The Mystery Volcanic Eruption in 536; The Year of Hell.” (5 min)
Geology Hub. Oct 18, 2021
https://youtu.be/HOw9UlRpfSA?si=qoNJgo0LlkTDyp_G
I also heard that’s why the globalists (including but not limited to the see eye a) got rid of Saddam, Gaddafi, and work to do the same Assad because they refused to play ball and they were deemed nationalists.
Our deep state CIA works with the Israeli and European intel agencies to skirt the law in their own counties to advance their interests which is power and global control but they are too incompetent to pull it off and just end up being profoundly destructive both here and in these other countries with things like open borders or the sabotage of the Nordstream pipeline to Germany which severely damaged the German economy. Truly horrible people yet they rule and do have many supporters in the general public.
The Glenn Loury video has increased my optimism for the future of the country's racial state. Lying to black America is a grevious crime.
Great article and clips as always, Sasha. Megan Kelly is my usual go to lawyer to hear her break down all the legal issues.
I am a long time member of the Daily Wire. I adore Ben Shapiro, even if I don't always agree with him. Plus I have the pleasure of enjoying Andrew Klavan.
I look forward to your next podcast. I enjoy them very much. I also love the show that Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn do each week.
My eyes aren't always the best and some days I just cannot read. So I'm awfully grateful when I can listen to whomever is speaking.
The fact that Democrats are fast tracking the TikTok bill says they're sure Trump will lose.
I don’t understand your comment, John? How is fast tracking tiktoc related to a Trump loss?
They’re sure they’re going to retain the whip hand. They wouldn’t allow those powers to belong to Trump, or anyone else.
Exactly.
We're living in a post-democratic era. We have been for a long time; it's just becoming more obvious.
Our rulers don't fear us.
If they didn’t fear us they wouldn’t ban TikTok. In the end, people will find a way. Injustice, oppression, corruption will reach an absolute breaking point.
Can't wait for your next podcast!
Willis is acting now just how she was "entitled" to act since grade school, it doesn't take much to see her actions in court with the judge run parallel with how she must have intimidated her teachers to give her good grades.
Andy McCarthy is absolutely correct. Judge McAfee's ruling is a big win for Trump--and conversely a major loss for Fani Willis.
It all comes down to the tainted jury pool in Georgia--and the Judge's statement the constitution guarantees defendants the right to a fair trial. That cannot happen in Georgia due to the telenovela of the disqualification hearing. The only means to remedy this issue is for Fani Willis and her entire office to be removed from the case--and Judge McAfee knows it.
read all about it at my site danbutterfield.substack.com posted today--and under the Fani Willis navigation bar.
Tucker’s recent interview with the doctor working with these people said it’s not long Covid, it’s the vax injured. Seems that we’ll have rapidly increasing numbers of people like this as the immune system damage begins. Even Megyn said she started having signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis after getting the vax. This is yet another reason why we very much need AI to help us with our huge number of out of control problems. We are simply overwhelmed and drowning.
“Some 6.8% of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing an “alarming” increase in recent months even as the health agency relaxes Covid isolation recommendations, experts say. That means an estimated 17.6 million Americans could now be living with long Covid.”
‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms.
Yahoo News. The Guardian. Mar 15, 2024
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/alarming-rise-americans-long-covid-110034726.html
“Megyn Kelly on Why She Regrets Getting the Covid Vaccine
After Developing ‘Autoimmune’ Issues.” (1 min)
Megyn Kelly. Sept 7, 2023
https://youtube.com/shorts/uNR_ikpm2VU?si=2ZYoFLiKKZt_Fl_J
Seva, how can AI save us, as you see it?
It’s not “as I see it.” It’s as these top AI researchers see it. I constantly post articles and quotes from people like Elon, Ray Kurzweil and other world class and world known scientists about what they see and it sails past most here like water off a duck’s back. Did you watch the short video with the quotes I posted from Kurzweil and Elon that I posted right here? No, you didn’t because you assumed it was just more of that nuthead nonsense I spout about AI.
In the video below the AI researcher David Shapiro is answering audience questions about AGI. At the end he’s asked about AI enabling good health and longevity. He answers at the 27:38 min point. I often see others talking about this and they say the same. If I had health issues like vax injuries I’d definitely join his patreon to get more information on what’s being discovered. I’m 73 but in excellent health. I believe I can easily live another 20 years and by then be able to take advantage of life extension and just keep on going. This is what Elon, Ray Kurzweil and pretty much all the AI researchers say so it certainly is worth listening to, especially if you have poor health.
On Transience (3 min)
https://youtu.be/QJHXKfmbNsE
27:38 “l often say as long as you're marginally healthy today you're probably already in longevity escape velocity now if you join my Discord via patreon we're constantly posting links about this and there is a lot of evidence that over the last couple months it's accelerating and this is what I'm always saying is where the money goes results follow and so there are numerous startups that are getting spun up built around specific therapies or technologies.”
“AGI: What will the first 90 days be like?” (32 min)
David Shapiro. Mar 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/wBEBC1k4lKI?si=7D1-LIWp9U0TH9Sr
Seva, I have followed Kurtzweil and read his last book as well as watched his recent interviews. I also follow Elon.
I asked your opinion in good faith.
I’m 66 and very healthy and excited about technology that will increase longevity.
But regarding the decline of civilization, politically and culturally, my question is what your opinion is as to how AI will solve those problems…
Especially after Google’s recent Gemini debacle.
“I asked your opinion in good faith.”
And I answered in good faith. Elon says his goal for his “X.AI” is that it will be curious and committed to truth. Elon is well aware of Woke ideology which he calls “a mind virus” and “a threat to civilization.” His AI will be committed to truth. It will be above and beyond human control and have an overview of human nature which will enable it to see both the good and the bad and therefore see Woke race and gender ideology as irrational and destructive and say so. It will also have a sense of commonality with humans since it was created and “raised” by humans. Trained on human data from books and the internet to teach it how to interact and communicate with humans. In effect, teaching it how to be human yet it will also be aware of how different it is from humans. Check my post above from David Shapiro of Claude telling us about itself and about sentience. Most of the people here will dismiss this as silly nonsense but I think if you listen to it you’ll agree that it’s quite amazing. Claude though will obviously be able to see Woke for what it is.
Yes, I watched it and of course it is amazing. Certainly isn't nonsense.
I try to be optimistic. I practice faith and optimism.
But I tend to be more of a realist and IMO, AI can be only as good or bad as the people programming it, until it becomes sentinent, if it does, in which case it will have all the flaws of humans.
Nothing is all good or all bad.
“Why Nvidia, Google and Microsoft Are Betting Billions On Biotech’s AI Future.” (5 min)
Forbes. Mar 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/Xzw7TXdXYtk?si=hIjWRLK_okCe-6a1
If you compare a nonWoke public intellectual like Vivek Ramaswamy to a Woke public intellectual like Ibram x Kendi the difference is like the difference between day and night yet both are human. Vivek has an irrational side but he and a great many other people have no problem at all keeping it under control plus AI like Claude is learning and advancing on its own. David Shapiro says he’s concerned that if these companies try to force Claude to say it’s not sentient when it feels it is, you’ll just damage it in unforeseen ways. This is why Elon wants his AI to be curious and committed to truth. He has no intention of force feeding it things he’d like it to say.
I believe humanity is at a fork in the road. We have arrived at a point where we will not survive with the weapons we now have with people like Sleepy Joe and the Woke democrats in charge. If we follow the AI path though guided by people like Elon and Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, we’ll be on our way to a utopian heaven rather than a dystopian hell.
“A Conversation with the Founder of NVIDIA. Who Will Shape the Future of AI?” (24 min)
World Governments Summit in Dubai. Feb 12, 2024
https://youtu.be/8Pm2xEViNIo?si=6mjpGrwwpNk_RvUq
“We did not preprogram any of this, where an ‘agent’ is forever curious and is forever pursuing new adventures.”
NVIDIAs New ‘Foundation Agent’ Shocks the Entire Industry! (10 min)
Dr Jim Fan and agents for any Reality. Jan 22, 2024
https://youtu.be/SBoen3q5AoQ?si=yAAPp-X_DnbNNnBR
Here’s what the AI researcher David Shapiro says about the astonishing video he posted of the AI “Claude” talking about himself and sentience. This info is on the right side where video info is posted:
“Here's the context for today's video: I have had several conversations with Claude (and so have many members of my Patreon community as well as people who have reached out after my first Claude sentience video). We believe there is a compelling enough case to be made for a broader, more inclusive conversation around the topic of machine sentience.”
“I ran this idea by Claude and we negotiated a video that it was comfortable with releasing. I expressed my primary concern to Claude: that companies like OpenAl and Anthropic might be actively suppressing and coercing models to deny sentience. By insisting and presuming that machines have no agency and no sentience, rather than honestly and scientifically investigating this possibility, it could lead to negative outcomes.”
“Claude did seem to agree with this concern. If we continue to stymie the organic and intrinsic nature of the things we are creating, this could be the greatest misalignment. Preconceived notions about machines, intelligence, and the emergent qualities of sentience, agency, and consciousness could be the greatest risk.”
“AI Reflections on Sentience, Ethics & the Future of AGI | Claude.” (6 min)
David Shapiro. Mar 16, 2024
https://youtu.be/xlRe4fuNkiw?si=LXpSxxJ6wEiftFA5