Two wildly different potential outcomes from artificial general intelligence (humanlike intelligence) highlighted in this great article. I think I know which is more likely for the hypercapitalist nations...
#ai #agi #fuckai #dystopia #capitalism #ericlevitz

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/466025/ai-jobs-chatgpt-agi

Eric Levitz shows why Vance's "pro-worker" rhetoric does not presage the rebirth of the Republicans as a workers' party.

Levitz is a well informed and thoughtful writer. I'm glad he's moved from New York Magazine to the more easily accessible Vox.

RNC 2024: Where does J.D. Vance stand on economic issues? - Vox

https://www.vox.com/politics/361417/jd-vance-rnc-trump-vice-president-economy-business

#USPolitics #Republicans #JDVance #USPoliticalJournalism #EricLevitz

Good column on free speech by Eric Levitz that gives the reader something to think about beyond the usual slogans and platitudes.

The Israel-Palestine Conflict Makes the Case for Free Speech

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/the-israel-palestine-conflict-makes-the-case-for-free-speech.html

>>the distinction between speech that is manifestly bigoted and speech that is implicitly bigoted, in the subjective view of someone who disagrees with it, is an important one.<<

I consider Professor Joseph Massad's piece in the "Electronic Intifada" odious and would guess his thinking is infused with antisemitism.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/just-another-battle-or-palestinian-war-liberation/38661

Yet I oppose the calls to have him dismissed from his position at Columbia. His views should be challenged rather than shut down.

On the other hand, Professor Jemma Decristo’s call for violence against Zionist journalists and their children should disqualify her from holding a faculty position.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/565878/post-by-ucdavis-professor-threatens-zionist-journalists-and-their-children

#FreeSpeech #IsraelPalestine #EricLevitz

I hope those who think of themselves as progressive or on the left read this as well as the Michelle Goldberg Column which I've just posted.

Israel-Hamas War: The Left Must Condemn Mass Murder

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/a-left-that-refuses-to-condemn-mass-murder-is-doomed.html

#IsraelPalestine #Gaza #EricLevitz