https://overcast.fm/+FfGrJ-_L8

A Compassionate Spy, directed by two time Academy Award nominated Steve James, delves into the intriguing life of an unconventional hero within the world of #nucleardevelopment - a character whose #history might be viewed with skepticism, yet is undeniably instrumental in shaping the post #ColdWar #nuclear #armsrace.

Why are ghetto kids getting into altercations only to engage in #shootouts at #Walmart or other public places?
I suppose everyone is strapped. #ArmsRace

#miami #wplg10 #floridacity

The future is uncertain with AIs
We must take steps to prevent a surprise
Elinor Ostrom's insights can offer a guide
To avoid catastrophe, making all feel safe inside

#ai #elinorostrom #tragedyofcommons #armsrace #poetry

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/7/7/23787011/ai-arms-race-tragedy-commons-risk-safety

eicker.news #technews »The customers might be human, but the audience is #Google: The #SEO #armsrace has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other. https://www.theverge.com/23753963/google-seo-shopify-small-business-ai

In 2022, the world's nuclear powers spent almost 44 billion $ in #WMD (Weapons of mass destruction).
That is 157.000 $ per minute spent on WMD.

The US spent more than all the other nuclear power nations combined.

That's the result of a new study made by #ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

#NuclearWeapons #Defense #ArmsRace

Oh boy... things are going WAY faster thant I thought. :blobcatshocked:

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
#ai #chatgpt #bard #lora #llama #opensource #armsrace

Scientists present evidence for a billion-years arms race between #viruses and their hosts.

#evolution #armsrace #Bamfordvirae #NCLDV #virophages

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-scientists-evidence-billion-years-arms-viruses.html

I am getting into #chatgpt for the first time, because I finally found something to do with it that really interests me: I am a #DataScience and #machinelearning #hiring manager, and I am curious to see how well #chatgpt can answer my interview questions - and try to devise interview questions that cannot be answered with #generativeAI ! 😆 Welcome to the #intelligence #armsrace!

Australia joins many other countries now in an active arms race which parallels the increasing destabilisation of the world…largely China and Russia attempting to establish global influence and expand territory, moving against the West and the current global order. #armsrace https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/26/federal-budget-to-allocate-4bn-for-long-range-missiles-and-australian-production-of-key-weapons

This revived yellow peril threat to Australia from 'the north' and the new #ArmsRace is disturbing me.

Perhaps the western warmongers are worried that China will invade and we'll all have to drive #EVs ?

Military spending by percentage of GDP (the Quad mob)
Australia 2.00%
India 2.7% (Nuclear armed)
Japan 1.1%
USA 3.5% (Nuclear armed)
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China 1.7% (nuclear armed):

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

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Norman McLaren got it right 70 years ago:

https://www.nfb.ca/film/neighbours_voisins/

#USPolitics #Military #ArmsRace #Ukraine #Russia

If you are old enough to recall the 1970s and 80s, and if you read left wing rags like The Nation, you will recall that lefties went on and on and on about what a disaster the Abrams tank was; its hi tech gas guzzling engine would fail quickly, etc etc

The #AI #ArmsRace Is Changing Everything
https://time.com/6255952/ai-impact-chatgpt-microsoft-google

#Putin wants a new #armsRace not that #Russia can afford it.

https://nadinbrzezinski.medium.com/putins-speech-launches-a-new-arms-race-9d88b42bd005

After years of many in IR having warned about the notion of an #AI #ArmsRace for risk of escalation we now see live that this fear doesn‘t only apply to states but also to corporates #bing #ChatGPT (and this was justified, yet ignored)

Google has decided to double down into #ChatGPT alternative #Bard apparently?

https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/

They are powering this new feature using the conversational language modeling "LaMDA" if you're familiar.

Looks like the #ArmsRace has kicked off for the next wave of #AI. ("AI")

AI arms race spins
Chatbot takes the world by storm
Surprising success

#ai #chatbot #armsrace #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/technology/chatgpt-openai-artificial-intelligence.html

"With many in #Washington now citing the Pentagon’s claims of a #Chinese #nuclear buildup to justify the further expansion of #America’s already vast nuclear arsenal, it is essential to interrogate these assertions lest we all be caught up in a new, profoundly dangerous #armsrace."

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/pentagon-report-on-china-fuels-military-spending-frenzy-in-us/

#ArmsRace in the #WarOnChristmas.

https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2022/12/22/boston-dynamics-spot-robots-work-in-team-to-place-bow-on-top-of-christmas-tree/

Armed and dangerous
Europe is on the brink
Of another war

#ukraine #nato #armsrace #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/world/europe/nato-weapons-shortage-ukraine.html

@fluffy
The failed logics of an #armsrace mean that whoever buys a small #car is seen as either suicidal or irresponsible if children are meant to be transported as well.
States should tax the crap out of XL size and overweight cars so it gets painfully expensive to actually ride those contraptions. And cars should not be allowed to be bigger than existing parking spots and lanes.
#Roadspace needs to be shared, not hogged by those with the biggest cars. Pretty simple, actually.