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  Top AI inventor Geoffrey Hinton reluctantly concluded that AI will probably humanity fairly soon

  by slimboyfat in

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  geoffrey hinton, major inventor of artificial intelligence: .

  “if you take the existential risk seriously, as i now do—i used to think it was way off, but now i think it’s serious, and fairly close—it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further, but i think it’s completely naïve to think that would happen.

  there’s no way to make that happen.

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  "As I understand it the worry is over the potential for misinformation. Imagine a future where anyone with a bad motive can easily utilise AI to produce the narrative and results they want."

  
  The part that worries me is that a lot of the population feeds, clothes and houses themselves working what are basically bullshit jobs. Busy work. Low level office management, tech support, customer service etc etc. If AI has the near term potential that some describe, I can see vast numbers of these jobs eliminated. And in the U.S at least, we don't have (and many don't believe in providing) much of a social safety net. It would not be the first time technology has eliminated jobs, but i'm worried it might be so many all at once that it could be pretty nasty in the short to medium term.
  

  
  

  
  
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  Biden running in 2024 🤣

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

  apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

  his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

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  "Each individual state decides whether to have abortions or not. This means that women who want an abortion in, say, Texas, can travel to a state that does kill unborn babies."
  
  For now. Until states like Texas work out the legal means to prosecute women who go out of state for an abortion. But even if they can't find any way to make that stick, Texas alone is enormous, it's nearly 3X the size of Great Britain and most of the surrounding states have also banned it. Traveling from say, Dallas, to a state where it is allowed is not a quick drive across the county line. More like halfway across a continent.
  
  These logistical hurdles mean it will be lower income women who are most put in a bind. Middle class and higher will just take a few paid sick days, catch a flight and keep it hush-hush. "Ok for me, but not for thee"
  
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  First EVER autopsy report on a Covid vaxxed person!

  by BoogerMan in

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  carried out in italy.. i wonder what jw's who are pressured to get jabbed would think of this post mortem examination report.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdjzavxzm98.

  autopsy report: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393x/11/1/142.

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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  A) The current death rate in the UK is running 31% above the expected norm?
  

  
  No. its not.
  
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  "then don't get too cocky because it's not over yet, not by a long shot."

  Oh I know. i'm 100% certain that in the next 50-70 years someone in my life will die of a stroke, heart attack, cancer, Alzheimers,liver failure, chronic respiratory disease,blood clot,diabetes or infection. In fact, i would bet that nearly every human being I have ever met will eventually succumb to one of those maladies, barring the unlucky few who die young in random accidents. And no doubt, your ilk will still be chalking it up to vaccines.
  

  
  

  
  
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  " and they murdered my sister with it ( along with countless others ) and it has stolen the health of her still living husband ( along with countless others )"
  
  I imagine if a vaccinated person is ever constipated at any time in the future, you'll blame it on the Covid vaccine....
  
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  A Little About Me & What Is a Resurrection?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  a little about me first: i was a 4th generation jw who had major reservations about the wt growing up, but finally got on board at age 23 when i got baptized.

  spent 8 very active years in, then 8 years out as an agnostic.

  got saved in 2004 and been living the born-again christian bible-believing life ever since.

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  "My kids went to a private Christian school since kindergarten, and the oldest in now headed to a top 10% university in the USA."
  
  Let me guess....this "University" starts with an L and ends with a Y?
  
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  "that something later turns out to be a disastrous failure..they say things along the lines of ‘nobody forced anybody to do anything’, etc."
  
  The only thing "disastrous" about the vaccine was that it gave the tin foil hat crowd yet another topic to drool nonsense about.
  
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  Why didn't they just tell people Rutherford needed to move to San Diego?

  by SydBarrett in

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  from wikipedia: "rutherford had reportedly lost the use of one lung from pneumonia suffered during his imprisonment in 1918 and 1919. finding new york's winter weather "impossible", rutherford was encouraged by a doctor to "spend as much time as possible" in a more favorable climate.

  " why not just tell the people exactly what it says above?

  why all the mumbo jumbo about purchasing it for ancient worthies to be resurrected?

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  "And if he happened to use it in the meantime, he could use the cover story to deflect any possible criticism."
  
  But that's what I mean. I wasn't aware of the lung condition until I just read it. They could have just said "the property will be owned by the society but Rutherford will reside there due to his health condition." and I believe that explanation would have sufficed.
  
  It just reminded me of a certain type of person who misses some time at work or maybe needs to borrow some money. But instead of giving you the perfectly understandable reason behind it, they make up some outrageously unbelievable story that wasn't even necessary.
  
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  Why didn't they just tell people Rutherford needed to move to San Diego?

  by SydBarrett in

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  from wikipedia: "rutherford had reportedly lost the use of one lung from pneumonia suffered during his imprisonment in 1918 and 1919. finding new york's winter weather "impossible", rutherford was encouraged by a doctor to "spend as much time as possible" in a more favorable climate.

  " why not just tell the people exactly what it says above?

  why all the mumbo jumbo about purchasing it for ancient worthies to be resurrected?

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  From Wikipedia: "Rutherford had reportedly lost the use of one lung from pneumonia suffered during his imprisonment in 1918 and 1919. Finding New York's winter weather "impossible", Rutherford was encouraged by a doctor to "spend as much time as possible" in a more favorable climate."
  
  Why not just tell the people exactly what it says above? Why all the mumbo jumbo about purchasing it for ancient worthies to be resurrected? Moving to a warm, dry, pollution free climate would not have sounded like outrageous medical advice for the time. And San Diego would have been exactly that climate. Just say "due to his poor health and on a doctors advice, Brother Rutherford will be performing his duties from San Diego". Would it really have raised eyebrows to just be honest with everyone?
  
  He still could have drank his whiskey and ridden in his Cadillacs and no one would have been the wiser.