Category: 9-NotNowMaybeSomeday

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.

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In the first part of the show, we talk about a ridiculous new paper funded by OpenAI that aims to reconcile all human values by combining them into a “moral graph” to train Socratic LLM through reinforcement learning by people “voting on wisdom upgrades.” Then we dig into the latest reporting on yet more AI systems that Israel is using to intensify and justify its genocide in Gaza. This time through generating kill lists and tracking when targets are at home with their family before bombing them. The horrors of reality—not some speculative potentiality, but what already exists—are truly beyond words. ••• ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ ••• The “Wise AI” paper we talk about https://twitter.com/edelwax/status/1773621129200234573 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)

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Do trees have feelings? How do they talk? Which trees can you use to make syrup? Do bananas really grow on trees? Possibly the world's most enthusiastic tree expert, J. Casey Clapp, explains what makes coastal redwoods the coolest trees, how roots communicate with each other, and why a tree is like a cup of tea. Plus: bonus guest appearance by our friends (and the trees’), fungi.  

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Live from Dallas with special guest Dustin Bates of Starset; Eclipse Science; News Items: AI Designed Drugs, AI Music, Music Getting Simpler, Aphantasia Spectrum, Nova and Comet Compete with Eclipse; Science or Fiction

Robert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fentanyl trafficking.

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Robert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fentanyl trafficking.

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