1/Increasingly bothered by the argument that the path to “intelligence” requires the theft of all known intellectual property. That’s not anything but theft, and if you were actually building “intelligence” it theoretically requires near zero training data. 2/If, as proponents argue, we are simulating human intelligence “in silico” then we should be able to build what amounts to a 12 year old’s mind. A 12 year old can be extremely “intelligent” (genius level in fact) but has necessarily trained on very little data.

The funniest part about Zuck throwing billions into AI is his naming of the effort as “superintelligence,” as if that alone will manifest the gods. The second funniest part is he desperately tried to manifest the metaverse just 3 years ago — and failed at that, too. What this tells us is that the core FB properties are aging cash cows and Zuck is desperate to invest billions in anything that will ensure his personal relevance as a tech titan 10-20 years from now. Good luck, but throwing money at things is no guarantee of success.

1/Yesterday, OpenAI demonstrated that even after spending untold billions on scaling AI models, LLM’s alone aren’t the ticket to achieving superintelligence. This is linear growth, not an exponential leap, and that has several implications… 2/First, it vindicates people like @GaryMarcus who have correctly argued that language-only architectures lack capacity for reason and actual world modeling, and that neuro-symbolic architectures are needed. I agree, and while we can say “I told you so,” that’s not important…

As the Epstein blackmail/espionage story continues to fall apart, bookmark this for future reference. At some point people will figure this out.
gameb.wiki/index.php?titl… And then, the New Mexico ranch will finally make sense.
nytimes.com/2019/07/31/bus…

This aligns with the data-driven analysis we performed. What Acosta may have been indicating is that Epstein was involved as a confidential informant on a case; but there is little else to indicate ongoing large-scale involvement or a sprawling blackmail ring.

https://twitter.com/jayshams/status/1950147654995824956

That doesn’t mean there isn’t stuff we don’t know and that some of it is material. But it may mean that the government doesn’t have details on it, and that it’s incumbent on journalists to find out more. Our analysis here.
america2.news/we-mapped-jeff…

1/🚨 BREAKING: A State Department unit closed effective July 11 is now amplifying corporate messaging on behalf of X. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor posted this message yesterday. But the agency's website no longer exists. 2/The New York Times reported on July 11 that the bureau was closed. So why is it tweeting X corporate propaganda out to its 59.3K followers, which was also amplified by Elon Musk personally?
nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/…

People across the spectrum have departed from reality, preferring the comforting embrace of 'vibes'. The level of fan fiction and unmoored speculation is unmatched. I've seen some things, and this is next level. There is reality; there is what the government knows; there is what others know; and then there's "what the public believes." These are not the same, and the latter is completely unconstrained from fact — simply because it can be.

Anybody who expected there to be a lot of juicy dirt in FBI files has clearly never done a FOIA request. I’m up to about 1,300 now and I can say with some authority that the FBI has been mostly comatose on counterintelligence matters for ~50 years. Idiots like Patel, Bongino, Bondi, Flynn et al spent years convincing the public that there were binders chock full of perp dirt. Instead it’s just binders full of women victims. I can only imagine the surprise neanderthal Patel experienced when he reviewed the documents…

Elon is the least important thing happening right now. Watch carefully as Russia shifts support away from Trump. His entire coalition is built on a foundation of RU astroturfing and information ops. Trump can not and will not survive that. Put another way: if you believe Trump has benefited from Russian support, then it is only logical to consider the possibility that he will be greatly harmed by having them turn against him. And that’s happened.

Putin, Musk, and Vance are coming for Trump. Russia is backing Thomas Massie and Rand Paul in the next round.

A thing I don't think people think about enough is that if the ROI on AI is less than 1:1, it won't be viable. Right now assumptions are being made based on the largess of VC investment. Will people be willing to pay what it actually costs, plus operating margin? Unclear. This also elides the rights of creators; right now content is being stolen and repurposed wholesale and at scale. That cat may be out of the bag, but the 'industry' may not survive the resulting legal conflicts.

1/Yesterday I reported on this memorandum prepared by anonymous whistleblower authors about the imminent threat posed by Elon Musk to the American Republic. It is well-sourced and has been widely shared; this requires urgent action from Congress.
america2.news/content/files/… 2/In addition, this additional 33 page Evidence Briefing with additional background and receipts is available for those interested in a deeper understanding of the origins of the Neoreactionary / Dark Enlightenment ideologies.
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1/Eight years ago this week I had a vision of what is happening now, and it chilled me to my core. I was traveling to Latvia to speak at an event. I reached out to the office of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings with my concern. He called me while I was on the tarmac in Riga. 2/I shared with him my concerns: about capture of the government by Putin, about Curtis Yarvin, about Aleksandr Dugin, and Steve Bannon, and various propagandists connected to Russia. He shared my concerns and pledged to look into it.

So all of this is terrifying, but do you really think Musk and Johnson are going to avoid defaulting on the debt? Do you really think they are going to pass a budget deal by March 14? When Mike Johnson, who has no bank accounts, was backed by the author of Project Russia? Read more. People simply have NO idea.
america2.news/podcast-episod…

Forget everything you think you know about power. It all changes today. There is simply no point in trying to reconcile what we observe with what we thought we knew. Focus instead on observation.

The more I learn about what Elon Musk appears to be doing the more I think he needs an immediate mental health intervention. The dude is out of his damn mind. Not only insane, but a terror threat on a global scale. Seriously, he needs to be stopped, before more people get hurt.

If one was going to move the US towards debt default, greatly harming MAGAGOP electorally, one might want to first destabilize it by sparking a schism over a different issue. So-called “extraordinary measures” will begin as soon as January 14, as the debt ceiling is reimposed next Thursday, January 2nd. Yellen will enact this and then hand off to Bessent. It is naive to think that this will magically end well.

https://twitter.com/cbschicago/status/1872945635483090989

1/Whatever is going on with Elon demoting the MAGA influencers he doesn’t like, it’s compatible with Project Russia, and a concept called “Pure Product.”
washingtonspectator.org/project-russia… 2/“Pure Product” is a kind of totalitarian thought reform that reshapes culture into a hierarchy, oriented around specific goals. Anyone misaligned with the goals is marginalized and punished; those who go along and amplifies the Leader will be rewarded handsomely.

Wondering if this will be my last post on Bluesky. It seems my account has been restricted and I can no longer post, even as I’m not locked out, and post attempts return a “Your post has been published” message. 🤷 Probably worth bumping this back up now.

america2.news/without-sky-so…

In my best estimation, Mangione became radicalized over the last 6-8 months in Japan, to the point he cut off contact with social media, his close friends, and his family. His mother reported him missing on November 18.

1. When did he move to Japan, and what was he doing there? With whom specifically?

2. Where did he get the gun? Did he print it himself? Where and when?

3. When did he travel to the United States most recently and from where?

We have seen mentions of him having contact with specific individuals in Japan, but what was his time there actually about, and why did he go silent?

Contact me on Signal at davetroy.69 if you have specific information. I've read the existing stories. This is a reasonable summary of what's known so far of his time in Hawaii and Japan.
yahoo.com/news/luigi-man…

One possibility that must be considered when looking at the Biden administration’s inaction at this moment is that it is being blackmailed by private networks colluding with our adversaries. Not talking about anything personal here, btw, but rather about national and global security; pilfered intelligence they don’t want in the hands of Putin/Xi. There is reason to believe such a scenario is in play.