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This story is fascinating and is easily one of the most important things happening at the intersection of AI and politics right now. It's critical everyone understands the situation because this is just the beginning of the AI infowars and psyops
Jacob Coxon, a relatively unknown AI researcher, gives the WSJ an exclusive story about his resignation from Anthropic and his concerns about AI
Twenty minutes after the WSJ story drops, Jacob posts on X about how he's concerned that AI could kill us all in a few years. This post now has over 149M views. For reference, Ilya Sutskever (a very well known AI name) left OpenAI in 2024 and his announcement post has fewer than 6M views as of today
Bear in mind, Jacob Coxon's X account had no prior posting activity public, but it is immediately reposted and boosted by numerous AI-doomer policy advocacy nonprofits funded by the same donor (Jaan Tallinn) who just happens to be one of the leading investors in Anthropic
We find out Jacob Coxon, who worked at Anthropic for only a few weeks, worked for a left-wing political advocacy group in 2021 (Newspeak). This organization is a British NGO with ties to hacking democracy, Hillary Clinton, prison abolition and extinction rebellion
Many major Democrat politicians are now using Jacob's X post to fear monger the public into voting to regulate AI. It just so happens Bernie Sanders has a bill already written to ban artificial superintelligence (ASI) and to create a new federal agency to protect the public from the dangers of AI. This bill was announced just one week ago on September 3rd
It would also place a temporary pause on "advanced AI" until a new federal regulator exists and has issued safety rules and a model-review process
Elon then points out how none of this feels organic, and Jacob decides to take a shot at him for firing some xAI researchers
Meanwhile, we know Anthropic has publicly asked the government to audit and block frontier models and Anthropic has run a state-by-state campaign for rules that only large AI labs trigger, meaning the rules are structured around barriers only frontier labs can easily clear (limiting competition)
There is extensive Anthropic personnel and financial overlap with the groups that wrote the Biden-era AI policies. It is well known information you can seek out if you want the detail
This all seemingly comes back to regulatory capture and political motives. None of this feels natural. Jacob can say these are his real views all he wants, and they may be, but there is clearly far more to the story
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Bitcoin puts at risk both a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and the state’s monopoly on money, which is why the federal government will do everything it can to prevent its successful emergence—or that of any alternative currencies. We need to fight against laws and regulations that hinder money’s independent development. Good money—whatever form it takes—is indispensable to a free future.
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We are all here because we believe in the promise of #Bitcoin. It's more than just a cryptocurrency or a technology - it is a vision for a civilization of truth. Its inception was driven by a need for a decentralized currency that wouldn't be subject to the whims and vulnerabilities of traditional financial systems. A currency that wouldn't cater only to the elites but would bring financial empowerment to every corner of the globe.
But there are countless distractions that can lead us astray - the siren calls of altcoins, the lure of quick profits, the temptation of usury, and the intoxicating appeal of self-importance.
It's easy to get lost in the world of altcoins, with their promises of quicker returns and more innovative technologies. But remember, novelty is not the primary goal of our mission. Bitcoin was conceived with an enduring vision of financial democratization and stability, a vision that remains relevant and crucial today.
The dangers of avarice and usury beckon, promising exponential profits and tempting us to exploit others for financial gain. But this contradicts the very essence of Bitcoin's mission. Our guiding principle has always been to build a financial ecosystem that is just and inclusive. We must not compromise this mission for short-term profits, for the very heart of Bitcoin is generosity and shared prosperity.
Lastly, in this world where technology often takes center stage, it's easy to lose ourselves in the grandeur of our own roles, to inflate our self-importance. Yet, we must remember that Bitcoin was designed to serve humanity, not the other way around. It's not about us as individuals; it's about humanity, about serving the many people who still lack access to secure and fair financial systems.
Let’s strive to build a legacy that transcends material wealth. Let our riches be the positive change we effect, the lives we touch, and the world we make a little more equitable.
So let's not stray from our path. Let's continue to innovate and grow, but always with our mission in mind. Let's carry the banner of Bitcoin, not merely for the technology it represents, but more importantly, for the principles it upholds and the transformative potential it holds for our world.
The SOTU address (like the Olympics) is one of those once compelling spectacles that now seems a vacuous charade.
Everything official seems unconvincingly performative now. Everything seems suffused with a sense of fatigue, fragility, and desperation.
This is a key idea that is generalizable to most spheres of human action now.
In a time when “decades happen” incumbent leaders simply lack the mental agility to observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) fast enough.
Legacy maps have never been less representative of the territory.
Glad to see @Trezor respond to community feedback by reversing direction on AOPP.
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The evolving media narratives around COVID now constitute a brute force attack on collective memory, empirical science, social bonds, freedom of conscience…so much.
It’s difficult to overstate the extent of this social programming.
The proper attitude toward life is respect. An organization that aspires to shape public policy that disrespects or loathes life is frighteningly dystopian and capable of any evil.
I wanted to understand who Ghislaine Maxwell is, so I read her father’s Wiki bio.
Things that stand out:
- he died mysteriously
- his funeral was attended by Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir, and 6 serving & former heads of Israeli intelligence
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Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit.
Michelle Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
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