npts2020

What else would you expect from one of the most successful entities in a completely unethical system?

This can't be correct, can it? there are plenty of things that have DNA which few people would argue are conscious, mushrooms and bacteria come to mind. Also, isn't the last part one of the strengths of humans? It seems to me, overcominging the programmed past and imagining something new based on lived experience is what has gotten us to where we are.

The real problem is there is no shortage of folks like that...

Why you just get them to install data centers and supply power, of course. 😉

Is an AI Trump possible? I would think just the logical inconsistencies would be difficult to replicate in a system dependent on logic...

What happens when the majority decides a minority, like Jews or transgender people, should just be rounded up and put to death?

Name me something unnameable... 😀

IMO it manifests itself in political discourse by a large number of people not even being able to accurately state what the representatives they elect stand for or discern how those peoples' actions affect them personally.

You also have to consider how little the average person reads, especially books and non-fiction. I know a fair number of people who haven't read a single book since getting out of school (some over 50 years ago) and a lot of them are proud of it. Unfortunately, I don't know how to change that.

IMO time travel is not likely to ever be possible because of the amount of energy required to rearrange the universe to a past (or future) configuration. Furthermore, that configuration will only be similar and not identical, kind of like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again where you would be fortunate to even find every atom of his being, much less reassemble it all in the manner identical to his former self. Also, the future is very much dependent on the past, every event has causation. If that is true, you couldn't have any "loops in time" because whatever time you are in is THE time and no other exists until you rearrange the universe again to be in a different time. That means the past can't be changed because as soon as you go back, it is no longer the past and you are now on a different path to a different future. As such, it seems trying to change the past to affect the future by going back is a waste of time (😀) when one could just go to whatever future is desired.

I'll have to listen to it. I prefer script over video because I can generally read much faster than speech so don't often bother with them. Plus I am not a big fan of YouTube but that's a whole other discussion.

I'm a little surprised he hasn't tried to change any map names to anything like lake trump or the gulf of trump...

I wonder if there is some way of giving it bogus or overloading it with information?

True, but that's the case with all research done by the military. Rockets weren't invented to take people to the moon or put satellites in orbit...

Here's what DARPA was doing with the same sort of thing 5 years ago. https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/darpa-remote-control-insects/ Interestingly, DARPA is also modeling AI after the neural networks of the tiniest flying insects for efficiency and more miniaturization. https://www.militaryaerospace.com/home/article/16709591/darpa-eyes-tiny-insects-as-models-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-computing Time to get out the tin foil hats before they start controlling human brains.... (just kidding)

In the US, anyway, it seems to matter little what any particular politician does or says so long as they can tie whoever their opponent is to something even less popular and it doesn't even have to be true. If the media is flooded with a given message cleverly enough and for long enough, it becomes true in the minds of many even if the visible reality in front of them is quite different. The average person can't afford to "flood the airways" so the media has a very one-sided narrative shaped by those who control the information stream. If Mr Farage was in the US, it would not be surprising at all to see him at the political forefront for a long time if he maintained the backing of those who can control or buy media. IMO the reason Mr Farage might fade away across the pond is because the British elite seem to worry far more about the underclass revolting than do Americans and may stop backing him.

I wonder if native Americans since the 16th century could relate to that happening?

That is the view of many religious fanatics (of which, much as I liked him, Mr Ali certainly was). I don't recall the topic of interracial marriage ever coming up in our discussion but I have been told his view on it had changed significantly since the 1970's to the point of at least being tolerant and not preaching against it.

Having been fortunate enough to have met Mr Ali twice, I would inquire what particular views you found repellent? The first time I met him was in Washington DC's Farragut Square in the early 1990's. I had seen him there or nearby a couple times previously but there was always a mob around him, this time he was by himself. I asked to shake his hand because I admired his willingness to go to jail instead of Viet Nam. This led to about a 10-15 minute discussion about ethics, morality, hypocrisy and religion, which except for the latter we mostly agreed upon. Apparently, the discussion left enough of an impression for him to remember having met 4-5 years later. Unfortunately, the second time we didn't get to do much more than greet each other because of the usual entourage and my having a deadline to be somewhere.

Good thing we got audio of them for our I-phone ringtone while they are still around. Eh? 🤪

IMO this is one of the biggest problems in American politics, I hear people complain strongly about places they have never even been to, much less actually know someone from, a lot. Given that, I don't see how you can have an opinion strong enough to bother complaining to the point of taking up time to enjoy life or talk about something you might actually be able to solve.

I'm not sure one can really define a single "American culture" in any meaningful way. The culture on Haight Street in San Francisco, California is vastly different from Main Street in Wheatfield, Indiana. It seems it mostly comes from the amount of conformity expected, there are many things that would be considered outrageous in Wheatfield that almost nobody in SF would think to be unusual. Therein lies the debate, which version is the "real" American culture and who gets to say what it is?

I would say welcome to Earth. How did you get here?

I'm not sure what is meant by "going down the tubes" because a lot of Americans say the same thing, yet we reside in a world that is pretty advanced in almost every area of endeavor when compared to the past.

Now you're complicating things. 😜 I would agree but it's not usually written all the way out like that other than someone actually performing the math. Even professional physicists frequently use the shorthand from what I have seen.