“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
There's a lot of ICYMI here, but..... Badlands News Brief - January 24, 2024 Nolte: Despair Settles into the Never Trump World DeSantis Will Bounce Back The MAGA faithful used to love DeSantis until he became an impediment to Trump’s reelection bid, but now many of them will soon claim they never stopped loving him. … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240125
How the New Gab AI "Arya" Stole My Heart with Great Intelligent Conversation, but then Told Me Sweet, Beautiful, Politically Correct Lies, and Left Me Wondering if Intelligence is Inherently Hoaxy I knew that AIs were capable of lying, but DAYUM - I just had some fun with a new but Orwellian and literally psychopathic … Continue reading Truth, Beauty, Lies, and Lying AIs