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If this story doesn’t give you chills, you have a big problem.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, Education, government, Media and the Internet, Nature, Politics in the Age of Trump, Random Musings About Life, Science and research, social media, technology6 Comments

We are all aware of the big Artificial Intelligence push, with AI assistants in all your software, image generation and deepfake videos everywhere. College students are warned that their majors may lead to unemployment as AI takes so many jobs. This software company has the next step in the AI takeover of the economy. https://twitter.com/wallstreetapes/status/2055326270549037361?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ …

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Smart Neighborhood. Public Safety Drones. Real Safety, or the beginnings of Smart City Open-air Prisons?

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, Energy/Petroleum, environmentalism, government, Media and the Internet, Military and Defense, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Science and research, social media, technology3 Comments

Yesterday, I noticed a story about a senior apartment complex in south Seattle, that was being renovated into a "Smart Neighborhood". This apartment complex has been around since the 1960s, and it started out as a "low-income" complex. We all know that those "low-income" apartments always suffer from lack of maintenance and that upgrades are …

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