Was there ever a more perfect example of the fox guarding the hen house than Trump and the AI CEO's policing themselves? ...In the Eighties, there was a famous TV commercial for a toupee company called The Hair Club For Men; it ran about every ten minutes, late at night, on B-team stations. It featured Sy Sperling, the actual president of The Hair Club, wearing the most obvious toupee in human history ...Sy would give it the hard sell, then pause and say--holding up a photo of of his bald self-- "Would I lie to you--I'm the president of the company--and a customer?"
Your immediate thought was: Who has more reason to lie to you than the president of the company? These tech CEO's, along with the backing of Mr. Corruption himself, reminds me of Sy and his Hair Club... It's always the same story-- Sellers of the true cross, Snake oil salesmen, Sy Sperling, Tech CEOS, Trump, et al... Whenever you see them, you have to make sure you still have your wallet--
A home run of a column, to butcher at least one metaphor. Well researched, beautifully and clearly written, persuasive. I've read you turning more poetic phrases in other pieces, but the style here was absolutely perfect for the message.
Every best wish for Ezra, Shanley and your entire family.
It's also a solecism, a stupid blunder. In AI circles, "superintelligence" is colloquially used as a synonym for Artificial General Intelligence--i.e., with whatever they can come up with that mimics a human consciousness. Calling AI SI is like calling a caterpillar a butterfly.
Just a few words about Trump wanting to name AI-SI. In the behavioral health world SI is used to indicate suicidal ideation. I kind of think he wouldn’t want to go there.
Note Dean Blundell's substack this morning. Turns out that "SI" is the country code for Slovenia ... and a LOT of buying of domain names was done at increasingly high prices in July and August - including for names with deep Slovenian resonance like "1776.si".
You might wonder, if you were the suspicious type, if somone with Slovenian connections had advance notice of a move to the term "SI" and decided to have valuable domain-name property available - especially if you thought there was a possibility/probability/certainty that a ton of tech companies in the States would soon want to curry favor with the President by having names ending in .SI rather than the old-fashioned .AI when they apply for government contracts, grants, hand-outs, preferences, fancy dinners with visiting heads of state ...
I hope for the best results for your Grandson.
Was there ever a more perfect example of the fox guarding the hen house than Trump and the AI CEO's policing themselves? ...In the Eighties, there was a famous TV commercial for a toupee company called The Hair Club For Men; it ran about every ten minutes, late at night, on B-team stations. It featured Sy Sperling, the actual president of The Hair Club, wearing the most obvious toupee in human history ...Sy would give it the hard sell, then pause and say--holding up a photo of of his bald self-- "Would I lie to you--I'm the president of the company--and a customer?"
Your immediate thought was: Who has more reason to lie to you than the president of the company? These tech CEO's, along with the backing of Mr. Corruption himself, reminds me of Sy and his Hair Club... It's always the same story-- Sellers of the true cross, Snake oil salesmen, Sy Sperling, Tech CEOS, Trump, et al... Whenever you see them, you have to make sure you still have your wallet--
I wish your family the best news possible.
Question for Elon Musk: if the future is going to be so bountiful for everyone, why is he in such a hurry to move humanity to Mars?
I hope you receive great news concerning your grandson.
A home run of a column, to butcher at least one metaphor. Well researched, beautifully and clearly written, persuasive. I've read you turning more poetic phrases in other pieces, but the style here was absolutely perfect for the message.
Every best wish for Ezra, Shanley and your entire family.
I don't trust any of those robber barons as far as I could throw a grand piano! This is all nutso!
Wishing you and your family nothing but good news.
Positive energy for Ezra. I can’t believe it took this long to get an MRI approved.
I am thinking about you and your family today.
Thank you. Hope all goes well with the MRI
"The rename is absurd..."
It's also a solecism, a stupid blunder. In AI circles, "superintelligence" is colloquially used as a synonym for Artificial General Intelligence--i.e., with whatever they can come up with that mimics a human consciousness. Calling AI SI is like calling a caterpillar a butterfly.
Love and morality pitched by the donboy, what a laugh riot.
I too pray for your grandson.
Just a few words about Trump wanting to name AI-SI. In the behavioral health world SI is used to indicate suicidal ideation. I kind of think he wouldn’t want to go there.
Note Dean Blundell's substack this morning. Turns out that "SI" is the country code for Slovenia ... and a LOT of buying of domain names was done at increasingly high prices in July and August - including for names with deep Slovenian resonance like "1776.si".
You might wonder, if you were the suspicious type, if somone with Slovenian connections had advance notice of a move to the term "SI" and decided to have valuable domain-name property available - especially if you thought there was a possibility/probability/certainty that a ton of tech companies in the States would soon want to curry favor with the President by having names ending in .SI rather than the old-fashioned .AI when they apply for government contracts, grants, hand-outs, preferences, fancy dinners with visiting heads of state ...
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-renamed-ai-to-si-to
Turns out there's always a grift, whatever the policy.
Praying for the best possible results for the tests on your Grandson today.
Praying for Ezra