Nature is the substrate on which humans grow. Humans are the substrate on which ideas grow.
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Familiarity with AI Reduces Doomsday Scenario Credibility
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The problem for AI doomers is that the more familiar people get with AI the more far-fetched their scenarios seem.
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AI’s Role in Ukraine War Strengthens Geopolitical Sovereignty
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Sovereignty is downstream of AI. It is astonishing how quickly Ukraine’s geopolitical hand has strengthened thanks to its experience fighting the first AI war: one where compute, algorithms, drones (and the gamers driving those drones!) can outmaneuver a far “bigger” fighting
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Humanoid Robots: Five Years Until Safe Home Deployment
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Why most in robotics in San Francisco tell me it will be years before we will be able to really trust a humanoid to work in our homes without supervision safely.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 19 avril 2026
The average is about five years. I say three. Some say more.
That's why I expect them to do best in businesses.… https://t.co/JNvNqdzF8uWhy most in robotics in San Francisco tell me it will be years before we will be able to really trust a humanoid to work in our homes without supervision safely. The average is about five years. I say three. Some say more. That's why I expect them to do best in businesses.
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CEO speaks candidly about AI impact on employment losses
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CEO Addresses AI’s Impact on Jobs and Economic Future
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WSJ: "The CEO Preaching Straight Talk About #AI and Job Losses" by @ChipCutter and @patiencehaggin (Link to article in the reply) There's a book about this! New edition covering the job market and economic implications of the latest advances in #AI available on June 2, 2026.
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From Toys to Tools of War: Technology Evolution
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From Toys to Tools of War: How Necessity Fuels Relentless Technological Evolution
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 19 avril 2026
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#Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #Innovation pic.twitter.com/bc9J8o5pB6From Toys to Tools of War: How Necessity Fuels Relentless Technological Evolution
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Adorno Horkheimer Instrumental Reason Culture Industry Analysis
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If it's about finding specific elements in the works of Adorno and Horkheimer: certainly. But especially in Dialectic of Enlightenment, instrumental reason, the reification of society, and the culture industry are identified as essential components of the stabilization and
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Inflation, Rupee Devaluation, and Rising Economic Aspirations
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Frankfurt School Philosophy and AI Ethics Demands Critique
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Regardless of the demands in the manifesto, I find it very disconcerting that Peter Girnus and Alex Karp justify their demands with reference to the Frankfurt School (Adorno and Horkheimer), yet simultaneously establish a moral guilt in their first demand. Although Karp wrote