“Unfettered development of AI is not likely to maximize social welfare.”

“There is already an [AI policy] race. That’s not a question. The question is, have we already lost it?”

Stiglitz: The existence of a trillion dollar company is not a marker of success. It’s a marker of failure. A competitive market would not allow that level of wealth concentration.

Prof. Stiglitz names inequality as the greatest problem facing the United States … but he notes that AI will exacerbate this problem by replacing human labor.

Imagine Trump was successfully impeached and Melania started sending emails to her brother, the President of Slovenia, asking him to invade Washington, D.C. and restore Trump to power. Not a good look!

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Everyone (read: the men) lamenting that dodgeball used to be fun … there are dodgeball rec leagues for adults in most major cities! The game is alive!

My first exposure to this franchise was in the seminal Alien vs. Predator (2004). So I always kinda assumed the original Predator was comparable to the original Alien. Not so much 😬

But Richard Chaves is pretty easy on the eyes so it’s got that going for it!

Two actors in this movie would go on to become governors!

Okay I totally did tear up during Both Sides Now but the airport is when the waterworks began in earnest.

And you can miss me with your Discourse ™️ about this movie. I literally cannot hear you!