If I were disposed to be frightened about the future, China would frighten me more than Russia, and AI would frighten me more than either. (View Post)

Without the incompetence would be an improvement. And without the grinning would be a relief. (View Post)

Ah, but your name (and probably your IP address and whatever other identifying information can be scraped from online sources) has no doubt been logged. For the avoidance of doubt, I have nothing at … (View Post)

Somehow it seems just like Prince Harry, when he met the actor Matt Smith, to greet him as "grandad" because he played Prince Philip in The Crown. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainmen… (View Post)

Frightening people tends to be a pretty high priority for dictators. That fear is the only thing protecting them from a very rapid end. (View Post)