Coco Kahn
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So does that mean anything's changed on the safety front then from the concerns that we heard last year?
So does that mean anything's changed on the safety front then from the concerns that we heard last year?
Well, I mean, like, you know, perhaps I could imagine if there was some Some system in which, you know, the uses of AI in medicine, for example, okay, that seems justified. In logistics, okay, that seems justified. But if it's like, I was reading a story the other day about how a number of the top cookbooks on Amazon are actually written by AI and the faces and the names are created by AI.
Well, I mean, like, you know, perhaps I could imagine if there was some Some system in which, you know, the uses of AI in medicine, for example, okay, that seems justified. In logistics, okay, that seems justified. But if it's like, I was reading a story the other day about how a number of the top cookbooks on Amazon are actually written by AI and the faces and the names are created by AI.
And if you actually cook any of the recipes, they're all disgusting. They're all like sushi shepherd's pie and they require 50 sticks of butter or whatever. That doesn't seem like a good use of a bottle of water. Yeah. So, yeah, I would be very open to seeing something very tight in how we use it. But I just I don't feel confident that will happen, given everything you've said.
And if you actually cook any of the recipes, they're all disgusting. They're all like sushi shepherd's pie and they require 50 sticks of butter or whatever. That doesn't seem like a good use of a bottle of water. Yeah. So, yeah, I would be very open to seeing something very tight in how we use it. But I just I don't feel confident that will happen, given everything you've said.
Musk has thrown his support behind far-right politicians across the world, praising Canada's far-right populist candidate and openly endorsing the far-right AFD party in Germany, to name just a few. But aside from Musk, who else stands to benefit and what's the risk to our democracy?
Musk has thrown his support behind far-right politicians across the world, praising Canada's far-right populist candidate and openly endorsing the far-right AFD party in Germany, to name just a few. But aside from Musk, who else stands to benefit and what's the risk to our democracy?
You observed there was a system cultivating this far-right moment quite some while ago, right?
You observed there was a system cultivating this far-right moment quite some while ago, right?
15 years ahead. I mean, well done on this terrible thing.
15 years ahead. I mean, well done on this terrible thing.
So just briefly, Alt-Reich is part of the title. I must confess, I hadn't heard that phrase before. What is it? When we say Alt-Reich, what do we mean?
So just briefly, Alt-Reich is part of the title. I must confess, I hadn't heard that phrase before. What is it? When we say Alt-Reich, what do we mean?
No, I mean, I'm really glad you said that because, you know, we mentioned earlier about the AFD and I remember reading about a chilling story regarding them this week about how they're, they would call them provocative leaflets for the upcoming election are plane tickets and, And they're addressed to the illegal immigrant. And it's essentially like a promise of deportation.
No, I mean, I'm really glad you said that because, you know, we mentioned earlier about the AFD and I remember reading about a chilling story regarding them this week about how they're, they would call them provocative leaflets for the upcoming election are plane tickets and, And they're addressed to the illegal immigrant. And it's essentially like a promise of deportation.
I grew up in Barking and Dagenham where there was a really strong BNP moment. We never got leaflets as powerfully horrible as that, but we did get BNP leaflets. And I remember the feeling of being a brown British person and getting a leaflet like that and then going to a mixed school and that feeling of separation that had been sparked up by this.
I grew up in Barking and Dagenham where there was a really strong BNP moment. We never got leaflets as powerfully horrible as that, but we did get BNP leaflets. And I remember the feeling of being a brown British person and getting a leaflet like that and then going to a mixed school and that feeling of separation that had been sparked up by this.
And it reminded me like, OK, that's a really good reminder. These people are not far right. They're white supremacists. Because you say far right, it just sounds, do you know what I mean? Like it might sound like a legitimate part of democracy. But what we're actually describing is fascists, Nazis, or a genus of anyway.
And it reminded me like, OK, that's a really good reminder. These people are not far right. They're white supremacists. Because you say far right, it just sounds, do you know what I mean? Like it might sound like a legitimate part of democracy. But what we're actually describing is fascists, Nazis, or a genus of anyway.