Ok but also Trump is a regime, and his enablers and other power brokers in the US certainly notice what's going on even if he's distracted by the next shiny object

There's still a direction of travel. He's forcing Europe to fast track plans to extricate as much as possible from the mad King's unstable empire; he's pushing nations towards China; he's killing trust and making a return to the post-WW2 system impossible. Carney is just pointing out the inevitable

Later that day...

Shapiro: "It actually was real"

Newsom: “Yeah, I think that’s fair”

I mean, you could dramatically affect social media use by requiring those running it to change (and be transparent about) the attention economy incentive structures they've built - the rage perpetuating algorithms, the slop rewards etc. But that would require taking on powerful interests...

A whistleblower leaked the Venezuela plans, and the media sat on it. Your suspicions are very well founded

Well my Razer mouse is being erratic, so when the inevitable death occurs I know which brand I won't be buying.

I am a consumer to whom you can easily sell if you promise no AI bullshit, ever. I would probably pay a premium for some things even. Doubt I'm alone

Weirdly for someone who has become PM, Starmer seems to hate politics and, as either cause or consequence, does not value telling a persuasive story about the decisions he has and intends to take. It's baffling, and somewhat unique?

Newsom is a non-starter. Without his social media team he gets outwitted by Shapiro of all people! Dem voters need something to vote FOR.

I'm listening to this one in stages. Genuinely horrifying to think about this stuff, and still unbelievable it's happening

Billionaires are a policy choice. It's not really tax levels either - though I agree the point of wealth taxes is not revenue raising. The focus should be on the systems that allow the ludicrous accumulation of wealth in the first place, and the heavily funded ideological apparatus that supports it

It is extraordinary that so many variations of this clear and evident point have still not penetrated the bunker. I've seen no evidence that bolstering rightwing populist talking points - especially on migration - benefits a (nominally) left of centre establishment party. Quite the contrary, EU wide

McSweeney is doing sTrAtEgy again.... Marvelous

Oh it's been a hobby of the right wing ghouls here since long before Brexit, particularly relished if combined with the opportunity to bash some benefits claimants or single mothers

I dunno, I think it would give classicists much to ponder if Socrates had used Trump voice in the dialogues...

It's also notable how his administration has been incrementally emboldened and empowered by all those who have caved. Every win is a turn of the ratchet

On the basis of no expert knowledge I think this is what will happen: 'AI' is going to fragment into more and more specialised and local applications and device specific uses as post crash big expensive models are plundered and put to use. In this way, ironically, big AI will lose their IP

But also, the discrimination is by the person doing the perceiving so it's not really a question of what's actually true - however you subsequently choose to measure it - but what is motivating their discrimination. For years I thought this was just obvious; then some people lost their minds online.