AutoGPT shows the whole debate over whether GPT is on the path to AGI or not is completely irrelevant to the scope of disruption to come.
Yeah. Europe has a regulate-first approach to technology, which is insane. And their labor policies remove all dynamism from their workforce.
You seem to be constructing what is referred to as a "straw man argument", here.
Because they can blackmail you by threatening to cut you off if you do something they don’t like?
The one where you are now on my mute list.
The thing is, I think the world would be a much better place if the European Union was strategically independent, and fully capable of defending itself and setting its own foreign policy, independent of the United States. I think having a strategic competitor to the United States that shares liberal democratic values would be far superior to the current arrangement. I would literally sleep better at night.
Here’s the problem: despite Macron’s dream of pursuing this strategic autonomy, they’re not doing any of the things that’s would be necessary to make this a reality. To the contrary, Macron literally just went to China and called for deeper integration between the EU and China. France and Germany are in the advanced stages of exporting the manufacturing of their electric vehicle manufacturing to China! This is insane.
Macron is actually right to be pissed off at the US for its protectionist economic policy, stemming from the new industrial policies coming out of the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. The economic populism in these bills, should have been primarily aimed at China, and should have excluded critical allies like the EU — Only Mexico and Canada were spared due to their free trade agreement with the US. This was bad fucking policy by Congress. It punched the Europeans in the eye, economically for no good reason. But Americans are feeling very economically isolationist these day. So there’s a lot of idiocy going around on both sides of the Atlantic.
But this highlights another absurdity about the EU’s engagement with the US right now. Instead of running to China asking for deeper integration, because the US just snubbed them, they should be trying to sell the American public on how it would benefit *them* to cooperate with the EU on energy and supply chains. Not trying to convince Xi Jinping.
Sure, the US have become fickle assholes on trade policy. But it’s certainly worth the damned investment to push back on this. What the hell are we doing, here? This is serious shit.
I still have optimism that there will be a reversal of course here. But it’s going to come when enough of the North American and European public becomes sufficiently terrified through some external crisis. The real question is, how much damage will have been done when that happens?
Here's the deal, everyone: if you want to continue to live in a free society, and not he controlled by the whims of some foreign autocrat, here's a list of things you should do:
1. Do not rely on foreign autocrats for energy and critical supply chains.
That's it. That's the whole list.
I'm questioning whether they are fundamentally serious about maintaining their civilization right now.
Germany's decision to move forward with decommissioning two of the most modern and safest nuclear power plants in the world today, for what is nothing short of irrational nonsense, in the middle of a energy crisis is beyond batshit insane.
So dumb
But … one could argue the panic, raised awareness, leading companies to invest in fixing the software, fended off a lot of serious problems. So I’m not sure it’s fair to say the Y2K bug wasn’t a problem.
I mean, we're going to have a recession.
Also, Biden never imposed any lockdowns during his presidency. Just a fun fact.
El Faro is moving to Costa Rica
They will continue to do their jobs from exile
Pura Vida
https://elfaro.net/en/202304/opinion/26805/El-Faro-Moves-to-Costa-Rica.htm
People who claim to love freedom and defend this kind of stuff are embarrassing people. The end.
