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Similar vibe to the first week of March 2020 when people were wondering why the government hadn’t given clear instructions regarding the obviously pending crisis.

IT'S HAPPENING

GITHUB, THE FIRST ENTERPRISE CLOUD SOLUTION TO REACH ZERO NINES RELIABILITY

https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/

#github

Probably going to get a viral blog out of this experience, I'm trying to report a 4tb exposed cloud bucket to a company using their responsible disclosure programme... but they replaced the people with a GenAI ticket system that refuses to discuss the case as it thinks exploring open buckets is unethical and against its rules.

Note that there's no lunar landing planned until Artemis IV, scheduled for 2028.

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/nasa-strengthens-artemis-adds-mission-refines-overall-architecture/

NASA Strengthens Artemis: Adds Mission, Refines Overall Architecture  - NASA

To achieve the national goal of landing American astronauts on the surface of the Moon and maintaining U.S. superiority in exploration and discovery, NASA

NASA
If you're under the age of 52, no human has walked on the moon in your lifetime.

If 80s movies taught me anything, it's that maybe the military should have tried having the AI simulate controlling both sides of the war?

https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/

Was the Iran War Caused by AI Psychosis? | House of Saud

AI sycophancy, RLHF bias, and Ender's Foundry simulations shaped Operation Epic Fury. 7 planning assumptions failed in 23 days as the Iran war defied every AI prediction.

House of Saud
(I'd concede that there is some amount of truth to this - energy prices have been structured in a way that encourages investment in renewables infrastructure. But it's a longer term investment that pays off in resilience and independence, even before you consider the climate impacts.)

“All Starmer wants is costly windmills that are driving your energy prices through the roof.”

The US President continues tilting at windmills.

The current situation in between the UK and the US feels like Griff calling Marty chicken in the Cafe 80s.

> “I tried every way I could think of to call for help using the options the app showed, but the phone line wouldn’t go through, and when I pressed the SOS button it told me it was unavailable. So then what exactly is the SOS for?”

[Developer voice] Actually user telemetry shows that people almost never use emergency features in the app, so we removed the functionality and left the UI as a placebo button.

https://www.wired.com/story/robotaxi-outage-in-china-leaves-passengers-stuck-in-cars-on-highways/

Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways

A suspected system failure froze Baidu’s robotaxis across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes.

WIRED