9 hours agoMember-onlyMoments ContainedKabouter Buttplug: ‘’Het meest gefotografeerde beeld van Rotterdam? Zet mij d’r maar naast met een bontgekleurde buttplug, dan wil ik nog…Art2 min readArt2 min read
16 hours agoMember-onlyAbysmal soul-sadness“Roman experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Putin’s Russian officers when, after putting in a heavy day’s work shelling his own troops, strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city’s reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
16 hours agoMember-onlyBarbarism in ancient and modern Ukraine- Volgens tsaar Mad Vlad behoort Oekraïne al sinds de Vikingtijd tot Rusland. - Volgens Herodotus waren de Russen in de klassieke oudheid reeds barbaarse menseneters. 🤓 BARBARISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN UKRAINE | Anatoly Grablevsky | Antigone Describing the northern-most barbarians known to him, who inhabited modern Russia, Herodotus wrote in the 5th century BC as follows: “The Man-Eaters (Androphagoi)…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyAlien AI invasion“Dokter, ik heb sterk het gevoel dat m’n onlangs aangeschafte slimme broodrooster me probeert te vermoorden. Moet ik minder koffie drinken? Bestaat er een pil tegen?’’ Dokter Kopjes: ‘‘Welnee mevrouwtje, uw huis is simpelweg getroffen door een buitenaardse invasie. Ik stuur vandaag nog de Men in Black om uw alien broodrooster…AI2 min readAI2 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyCreative AI destructionUS military drone controlled by AI killed its operator during simulated test | The Guardian In a simulated test staged by the US military, an air force drone controlled by AI killed its operator to prevent it from interfering with its efforts to achieve its mission, an official said last month. AI used “highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal” in the simulated test, said…AI2 min readAI2 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyAI extinction risk“Prof, een vraagje van trouwe volger Jan Pieter de Vries op Urk. Leidt AI nu wel of niet tot uitroeiing van de menselijke soort?’’ Professor Kopjes: ‘’De hele planten- en dierenwereld hoopt het, JP, en ik ook van ganser harte, maar ik vrees dat het weer een doortrapt marketingtruukje is van…AI2 min readAI2 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyEnhanced interrogationBlindman’s Bluff: America’s Continuing Quest to Hide Torture | by Karen J. Greenberg | Tom’s Dispatch > In the Blindman’s Buff variation of tag, a child designated as “It” is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see…USA1 min readUSA1 min read
May 29Member-onlyPluto-populismRigged Capitalism and the Rise of Pluto-populism: On Martin Wolf’s “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism” | LA Review of Books Martin Wolf — the accomplished, levelheaded chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, and first-name-basis-friendly affiliate of the world’s leading finance ministers and central bankers — is not kidding around. His new book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalis is steeped in an uncommonly clear-eyed awareness about the fragility of civilization…Capitalism2 min readCapitalism2 min read
May 29Member-onlyTech billionaire anxiety‘They’re afraid their AIs will come for them’: Doug Rushkoff on why tech billionaires are in escape mode | Interview “The tech billionaires are torturing themselves now, which is kind of fun to see. They’re afraid that their little AIs are going to come for them. They’re apocalyptic, and so existential, because they have no connection to real life and how things work. They’re afraid the AIs are going to…AI2 min readAI2 min read
May 28Member-onlyTAFKAVRapper Geile Frans: ‘‘Jeff’s nieuwe boegbeeld al gezien?’’ Graancirkeldeskundige Janet Ossekopjes: ‘‘Is dat niet TAFKAV?’’ Rapper Geile…Bezos3 min readBezos3 min read
