https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-my-pdoom-has-risen-dramatically
Programmer on the Internet.
SimpleProgrammer.com and OutlierDeveloper.com blogger.
| Programmer | Software |
| Technology | Internet |
| Nationality | British |
Programmer on the Internet.
SimpleProgrammer.com and OutlierDeveloper.com blogger.
| Programmer | Software |
| Technology | Internet |
| Nationality | British |
I am quitting my job and going back to University, doing a masters in Artificial Intelligence.
If you know any good AI related users on the Fediverse please let me know.
So, science friends.
When in the 1930s would you have decided “no, I’m not going to go to that conference in Germany”?
Because the question now needs to be posed looking westwards across the Atlantic.
If your phone can be taken on arrival & searched for messages critical of the government & then you can be denied entry (or perhaps worse in the future), why would you even think of going in the first place?
Absolutely horrifying slide into totalitarianism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained
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