Nolen Gertz

Very disturbing to realize someone thought turning Einstein into your personal plagiarism machine was a good idea...

Two photos. The first shows Catturd tweeting: Name one US inspired regime change that hasn't ended in absolute disaster The next tweet shows him posting an AI illustration of Khamenei turned into a pile of dust. It says "I'm eliminated."

Two tweets. The first shows Laura Loomer promoting her show, where she says "A message has been sent that we are not interested in going back to the way politics were prior to Donald Trump, prior to 2016. We don't want warhawks. We don't want any more Neocons. We want American First. Period. End of discussion." The next tweet says: Today is a great day. Our military is amazing. @PeteHegseth is an absolute killer. Now you see why the Deep State worked so hard against him. It’s great having a Sec War who has Infidel literally tattooed on his body. He actually gets it. God bless him.

Two tweets. The first shows Will Chamberlain tweeting: The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars. If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position. The next tweet shows him posting "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead." The tweet has a USA flag attached.

Two tweets. The first shows Gunther Eagleman tweeting: "Warmonger Lindsey Graham just rushed to Fox to advocate for U.S. involvement as soon as he could. He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran. I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in." There's an attached video of Graham speaking. The next shows Eagleman tweeting: UST IN! President Trump is HARD AT WORK all weekend after the massive strikes on Iran! He’s already on the phone with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte! Trump is a machine!" There's an attached video of a news segment about the war in Iran.

manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers

There is absolutely no reason for Sam Altman to say anything but he is currently digging the biggest hole possible, responding to all and sundry on Twitter. This is the worst possible statement he could have given!

The founder of Polymarket has LITERALLY said this out loud. When asked about insider trading, he sold it as a feature, not a bug. Seeing people bet heavy on an immediate event is a better predictor of world events than straight leaks. gambling sites replacing news. Fucking. Banana Pants.

#NihilismAndTechnology

whatever the big apocalyptic fears from AI + weapons, the most realistic fear is that it's used the same way a sloppy commander is happy to launch raids based on suspect tips from informants. The AI is a permission structure for targeting, an oopsie-doodle generator that leaves dead civilans behind

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

Enthiran (2010) 📽️

Current mood:

geen ballonnen no balloons

Back in the Netherlands...

The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games - Truthdig At home and abroad, demonstrating strength through punishment is more important than “victory.”

I thought they might keep it until Monday, but I wrote something about this today.

You can just say things.

#NihilismAndTechnology

Outside of cave church

Entrance of cave church

Prayer in cave church

Statue on cave wall

Budapest has a church in a cave, which really seems like the best place to keep a church...

Budapest's Citadel

Philly is cool sure but Budapest has 3 Rocky statues on the top of a mountain...

DAY 2 Programme 09:00-10:30 Panel Three: "Managing" Technologies (Laws and Responsibility the Age of Al) - Reframing Laws Keynote: Gergely Deli, Ludovika University of Public Service Reactor: Zsolt Zödi, Ludovika University of Public Service Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Mathis Bitton, Harvard University Catolica de Cas nal Comp hed monte oft and 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Reframing Ontology 11:00-12:30 Panel Four: Rationality and Creativity in the Age of Al- Keynote 1: Vincent Blok, Erasmus University Rotterdam Keynote 2: Nolen Gertz, University of Twente Reactor: Johanna Fröhlich, Ludovika University of Public Service Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Luca Valera, Universidad de Valladolid 12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks by Pier Paolo Pigozzi 12:45-14:00 Lunch

Back to the conference for day 2, and for my talk thankfully after the coffee break...

Actually, the left is winning the AI debate But it does need to get organized.

The left is not "missing out" on AI. It's winning the argument. Americans worry about AI and dislike tech CEOs. They're mobilizing against data centers. They support regulation, even refusal.

Calls for the left to embrace AI are an effort to change the terms of the debate in Silicon Valley's favor.

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

Columbo scratching his head

Columbo and dog

Budapest has a statue of Columbo because of course every city should have a statue of Columbo...

Outside of Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest

Inner courtyard

Lecture hall

Conference programs

Nice venue for a conference...

Spinoza restaurant

Spinoza plaque

Did not expect to find Spinoza in Budapest. But it was the Jewish Quarter, and everyone loves a bad boy...

LABYRINTH Dracula's Chamber King Matthias captured Dracula in Transylvania. He had him taken to Buda as a captive, where he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the Labyrinth's prison so it says in the notes of Bonfini - the biographer of the story of Matthias. During Dracula's imprisonment, his wife Justina Szilagyi who was an heir of the Hungarian Royal Family, committed suicide. His Castle in Havasalföld was robbed by the Turkish. Dracula's reputation for cruelty was known all across Europe, even during his lifetime he was talked of as 'Vlad the Impailer'. As the feared Vampire of Havasalföld - with the broadcasting of Bram Stoker - he was later known as the central figure of the vampire cult. Mátyás király Erdélyben elfogta Drakulát és fogolyként Budára vitte, ahol tíz év tömlőccel bűntette a Labirintus börtönében áll Bonfini, Mátyás király történetírójának feljegyzésében. Rabsága idején felesége, Szilágyi Jusztina, aki a magyar királyi családból származott, öngyilkos lett, havasalföldi kastélyát a törökök fosztották ki. Kegyetlenségének híre egész Európát bejárta, már életében Karóbahúzó Vlad-ként emlegették. Rettegett havasalföldi vajdaként - Bram Stoker közvetítésével később a vámpír kultusz központi alakjává vált. Drakula kamrája LABIRINTUS www.labirintus.eu

Creepy kids in blue light

Heads on spikes

Dracula Facts

Went in search of Dracula in Budapest's Labyrinth, which was one of the most enjoyably creepy experiences I've ever had...

Downtown Budapest

Waking up in Budapest...

Gun shop

Liberty Bridge

Cave church

Rubik's cube shop

Made it to Budapest...

No baggage Leave everything

Wow this plane has a handy explanation of Heidegger's concept of Zein-sum-Tode too...

Damaged device? Call for help!

"Excuse me, flight attendant, but my device has become Vorhanden!"

Crows looking at planes at Schiphol

Checking out the competition...

America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form best adapted to telling the lies we like to hear and to pretend we believe. It has been said of Cretans that they were all liars, and we can as-sume, from its proscription in the Decalogue, that lying was not un-known in Mosaic times. What distinguishes American liars from those of earlier times and other nations is that the perfected American liar does not feel himself to be disgraced by his lies, even when he is caught in them. Indeed, the bolder the lie and the more brazenly imposed on the public, the more admiration the liar is accorded. The first American hero to be celebrated for his wily ways is a folk spirit native to the continent, Coyote. Among his lineal descendants in the realm of fiction one may number Joel Chandler Harris's Br'er Rab-bit, Herman Melville's Confidence Man, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, and Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the Puritain maiden whose lies give rise to the Salem witch trials. What sets such American tricksters apart from those of other cultures is the degree to which they solicit our admiration. I can remember my father's reading aloud the opening chapters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the delight we

"America is a nation of liars... What distinguishes American liars from those of earlier times and other nations is that the perfected American liar does not feel himself to be disgraced by his lies, even when he is caught in them."
- Thomas Disch, "The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of" (1998)

Cyborg (1989) 📽️

Current mood:

One technology offers people something they craved: Human connection. The other offers people the appearance of human connection without any actual human connection. You see the difference, right tech bros? You see the big, gaping, philosophical problem here? Right in front of your face?

Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

OpenAI employees pushed for the company to inform Canadian police about a user they thought would engage in real-world violence months before the person did just that, killing eight people in a horrific attack in Tumbler Ridge.

The company only reached out to police after the shooting had occurred.