I think the best tactic for such advances is laughing at them, all the way to the door. :)
perestroika
joined 2 years ago
They should stop escalating this folly.
It would be a major victory for a dozen terrorists, if they managed to provoke two large countries into an actual war, and currently this seems to be happening.
A dozen guys with rifles, murdering 26 civilians, have caused two countries to wreck billions worth of equipment and one of them to play games with a large river too.
This is not supposed to be possible. If this is possible, it's proof that terrorism works. :(
I would not use to the word "good" in any sentence describing such events - nothing like that is good.
However, risk of their state not lasting because they alienated most allies and made countless enemies, should make people (even politicians) think twice.
If Gaza will be entirely destroyed, there is a considerable risk that Israel will meet the same fate later.
If a country spans only 22 000 square kilometers and is inhabited by 10 million people, it's not very smart to make enemies among every group who can relate to Palestinians - for example Muslims (about 1.9 billion people) or perhaps Arabs (around 400 million people).
Put simply - Israel has withstood various pressures because of US backing.
The US currently runs a high risk of getting somewhat indisposed due to a president they elected acting very foolishly. If the US should break down, Israel will find itself very isolated.
If Israel makes a record amount of determined enemies now, it may have a record amount of people seeking its downfall later. Even if the Israeli government doesn't care the slightest amount about Palestinians, it should consider its own future before acting in the described way.
There seems to be confirmation from various sources.
It's stupid. Because of what a dozen terrorists did, a country of 1.4 billion and 250 million people risk getting into a war.
I think Elon was having the opposite kind of problems, with Grok not validating its users nearly enough, despite Elon instructing employees to make it so. :)
From the article (emphasis mine):
Having read his chat logs, she only found that the AI was “talking to him as if he is the next messiah.” The replies to her story were full of similar anecdotes about loved ones suddenly falling down rabbit holes of spiritual mania, supernatural delusion, and arcane prophecy — all of it fueled by AI. Some came to believe they had been chosen for a sacred mission of revelation, others that they had conjured true sentience from the software.
/.../
“It would tell him everything he said was beautiful, cosmic, groundbreaking,” she says.
From elsewhere:
Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it
We have rolled back last week’s GPT‑4o update in ChatGPT so people are now using an earlier version with more balanced behavior. The update we removed was overly flattering or agreeable—often described as sycophantic.
I don't know what large language model these people used, but evidence of some language models exhibiting response patterns that people interpret as sycophantic (praising or encouraging the user needlessly) is not new. Neither is hallucinatory behaviour.
Apparently, people who are susceptible and close to falling over the edge, may end up pushing themselves over the edge with AI assistance.
What I suspect: someone has trained their LLM on somethig like religious literature, fiction about religious experiences, or descriptions of religious experiences. If the AI is suitably prompted, it can re-enact such scenarios in text, while adapting the experience to the user at least somewhat. To a person susceptible to religious illusions (and let's not deny it, people are suscpecptible to finding deep meaning and purpose with shallow evidence), apparently an LLM can play the role of an indoctrinating co-believer, indoctrinating prophet or supportive follower.
- Putin: proposes 3 days of ceasefire
- Zelensky: refuses a pointlessly short ceasefire
- Ukraine: claims they cannot guarantee the safety of visitors to Moscow
- Russia: pulls more air defense to Moscow, depriving peripheral regions of air defense
- ... :) ?
Realizing that they reproduce via parthenogenesis, and this involves laying eggs, I think the appropriate title would be "she big, she attac". :)
It's a strange species. Common ancestor around 1988.
Sadly, my only invite code was recently used up for inviting someone who I encountered in real life... and I've only ever invited people who I've met in real life - because RiseUp has a policy of exacting vengeance from the inviter, if the invited person does meet local standards.
As a someone who studied biology: at an early age, you don't want more neuroplasticity. You already have enough. More may do you harm, and cannabis gives more, so cannabis may do you harm.
When you're 70 and your neural networks are set in stone, do consider what could safely increase neuroplasticity. But whatever you consume, don't consume it by inhaling smoke. :)
I think the video refers to this event: back in 2022, a journalist was shot by Israeli troops while covering a raid in a refugee camp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Shireen_Abu_Akleh
The most recent news article about it is from Al Jazeera, 1 day ago:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/new-documentary-identifies-soldier-who-shot-shireen-abu-akleh
As for Biden's role, Al Jazeera describes it thusly:
So, they were able to do the math, but subsequently "fell on their tongue" instead of speaking up. Later on, the issue was dragged out into public attention anyway, but Israel failed to investigate properly and prosecute the killing (they apologized, though). As of yesterday, the primary suspect's name is also known. But that doesn't guarantee much.
Myself, I actively avoid YouTube as a source of news, since YouTube has a recommendation algorithm that feeds people content that it thinks they want. To get news about the Middle East, I'll recommend Al Jazeera almost without hesitation.