political commentary

``` Shashank Joshi @shashj This now widely circulated claim is based on a line I wrote last week (economist.com/briefing/2026/...). I accurately quoted Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee, saying that the NSA chief had told him that Mythos "broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours". Advanced AI differs from encryption in another respect, too. Whereas cryptography eventually became widely available abroad, America today enjoys a clear lead in AI. China, hobbled by American chip controls, is probably about a year behind. That advantage could become unassailable if Anthropic or other American labs crack recursive self-improvement (RSI), whereby models write better versions of themselves and thereby accelerate progress. Many insiders think that is entirely possible. [engagement: 10 replies, 5 reposts, 54 likes, 3K views] @gfodor (gfodor.id) — 8m Me neither - though surprising since right now Mark Warner concurring with Trump on something should have caused a black hole to destroy Earth ```

zhil @zhil_arf · 5h The Left, being a derivation of Christian morality of good and evil, is mostly incapable of empathizing with "evil" people. This is despite the claims of "humanities makes me more empathic". They don't really know what to do with people they label as evil, except to kill them. > QUOTED: zhil @zhil_arf · Jul 16, 2024 > apparently miyazaki explicitly said it, he didn't just imply things through his movies > > "The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it – I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless." > — Hayao Miyazaki