Prepare for Change

 One of the biggest problems with the rush to build out and grow AI is the extreme hyping by those who are promoting it.  Elon Musk, for instance, said "AI+Robots will be able to do everything, resulting in univeral high income.  Work will be optional."  AI will be smarter than humans soon, say others.  But all this over-hyping is just spin from the billionaire promoters who seek profit and power from the product. Another problem is that growth in computation needed for current AI is unsustainable. The electricity demands, chip production, and water for cooling are not there at this time unless we totally disrupt the rest of the economy and society to feed these new demands.  Alex Reisner wrote an excellent article on the stupidity of pushing AI so hard now, since it is not scalable - meaning that if you grow it too fast right now it's inefficiency will harm rather than help.  Just keep in mind that the promoters of AI are over-hyping their ...

  These are 9 US jet fuel tankers flying around the Strait of Hormuz, captured July 10.  Of course, they are there to refuel other planes, which apparently do not have their transponders on.  Most jet fighters do not have transponders on, to make them harder to follow.  JUST this part of the war in Iran is amazingly expensive.  Imagine these 9 craft and their fuel, followed by others when they have to go land, and all the fighters running around bombing things.  This is just a small snapshot of the cost of the Iran war.  Remember the ground crews for all these planes, the bombs and supplies that need to be brought over, the Navy vessels nearby that also house fighters and maintain the off-and-on blockade, etc., etc.    At an estimated cost of $1 billion per day to maintain this war, the fact that Trump has found no way to end it means we are once again throwing our tax dollars down the drain for an unnecessary foreign entanglement. ...

  “Look over there!” That’s the most popular distraction tool when you are doing something you don’t want someone to notice or observe. Give them something else interesting to look at somewhere else. Trump is a master at this. Consider the current media attention. Trump tears down a part of the White House, holds a UFC fight on the lawn, spends millions painting the reflecting pool, more millions to gild Washington DC statues, and starts building a huge arch. The deflection works, and the media take the bait every time. Trump also hires clowns to important governmental positions, again to distract from where he doesn’t want us to look. Look at the clowns! Look at my crazy construction projects! Over here! Did you ever stop to think what a president SHOULD be working on? How about affordable housing, health care, the national debt, switching away from fossil fuels, and faithfully executing the office of President? But no, he’s concentrating on his attacks on immigrants,...