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nappingbat | 1 year ago | on: Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

You can either have a healthy democracy, OR you can have Facebook (and X).

nappingbat | 1 year ago | on: Ocean Gyre

Flat earthers do not exist.

nappingbat | 2 years ago | on: AI may be on a trajectory to surpass human intelligence; we should be prepared

In my mind (and possibly in the real world?) it works like this:

A company makes a 10% profit after paying huge labor costs, and we tax that profit to pay for our collective needs. The company all but eliminates labor costs with AI, and profits soar to 90%. We tax that profit to pay for our increased collective needs.

nappingbat | 2 years ago | on: AI may be on a trajectory to surpass human intelligence; we should be prepared

Chart 2 (Ouputs and Wages) illustrates what I have been saying all along: AI is the #1 reason we need universal basic income. Let the AI have my job. But it's got no need for my income, so I keep that!

nappingbat | 2 years ago | on: A vaccine for pancreatic cancer treatment?

There are two types of vaccines: prophylactic (to prevent or ameliorate the effects of a future infection by a pathogen) and therapeutic (to fight a disease that has already occurred, such as cancer).