In WW2 the Brits went out of their way to “leak” completely plausible reasons why they knew everything about German plans. It was a big effort, all meant to put the Germans at ease and mask the real reason: they had broken the German encryption and had their codebooks.

I’m saying that if “traffic cameras” are revealed as the reason, you can be sure they have other, way better, channels for such information.

Except for ARA General Belgrano, except for ROKS Cheonan, except for…

Edit: oh, they mean first one done by the US.

Indeed. And my insinuation was that in the times we live in, such obvious things are not obvious anymore.

I think you misunderstood. I meant the sarcasm is not obvious because that’s just the kind of thing dotards on his side might honestly believe.

The murder. It calls to me.

It’s not obvious.

Oh no, they got to him before he could even finish the sentence!

Even before the Supreme Court issued its ruling, hundreds of American businesses had prepared to pursue tariff refunds by hiring lawyers, filing lawsuits or submitting official claims to get tariff refunds. We Pay the Tariffs, a coalition of over 800 small businesses, called for fast refunds.

“A legal victory is meaningless without actual relief for the businesses that paid these tariffs,” the group said in a statement. “The administration’s only responsible course of action now is to establish a fast, efficient, and automatic refund process that returns tariff money to the businesses that paid it.”

The U.S. Court of International Trade will ultimately manage that process. But refunds are not automatic. Any importer that wants its money back must sue individually.

It’s a “Board of Peace” that you can join the same way you could join the Board of Not Having Your Storefront Shot To Pieces, somewhere around 1920s Chicago: with regular payments.

I think the wariness regarding faes, dwarves, goblins, trolls was more about culling the genetical outliers and uncanny foreigners from around your village. It’s just that AIs are now the uncanny foreigners surrounding our village…

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Do you have to work hard to hide this side of your relationship from normal society? There’s a lot of (completely unwarranted, imo) shame associated with this kind of thing.

Fair point…

You also can’t “squeeze into” a bus, ship or train, but you can into a car. It’s a matter of scale.

That cat is Vietnam.

Surrounded by powers that could technically nuke it to oblivion but in practice stand no chance against it in a conventional war…

They just let you do it.

Except the first phrase and last paragraph, it was AI. Honestly, it feels like OP is taunting us with such a vague question. We don’t even know why they dislike AI.

I’m not an AI lover. It has its place and it’s a genuine step forward. Less than what most proponents think it’s worth, more than what detractors do.

I only use it myself for documentation on the framework I program in, and it’s reasonably good for that, letting me extract more info quicker than reading through it. Otherwise haven’t used it much.

What are some good reasons why AI is bad?

There are legitimate reasons people worry about AI. Here are some of the strongest, clearly framed concerns:

1. Bias and unfair decisions

AI systems often learn from biased data and can unintentionally discriminate—against certain races, genders, ages, or socioeconomic groups—in hiring, lending, housing, policing, and more.

2. Lack of transparency

Many AI models act as “black boxes,” making decisions that are hard to explain. This creates problems when the stakes are high (medical diagnosis, legal decisions, etc.).

3. Privacy risks

AI can analyze huge amounts of personal data, track behavior, or identify people through facial recognition—often without explicit consent.

4. Job displacement

Automation threatens certain categories of work, particularly routine or repetitive jobs. Without proper planning, this can increase inequality and unemployment.

5. Misinformation and deepfakes

AI makes it easier to create convincing fake audio, video, or text. This can undermine trust in media, fuel propaganda, and destabilize democratic processes.

6. Weaponization

AI can be used in autonomous weapons, cyberattacks, targeted surveillance, or manipulation—raising serious security and ethical issues.

7. Overreliance and loss of human skills

As AI does more tasks, people may become too dependent, reducing critical thinking, creativity, or expertise in certain fields.

8. Concentration of power

Powerful AI tools tend to be controlled by a few big companies or governments, potentially leading to monopolies, inequality, and reduced individual autonomy.

9. Alignment and control risks

Advanced AI systems may behave in unexpected or harmful ways if their goals aren’t perfectly aligned with human values—even without malicious intent.

10. Environmental impact

Training large AI models consumes significant energy and resources, contributing to carbon emissions.

If you want, I can also provide reasons why AI is good, help you construct an argument for a debate, or analyze specific risks more deeply.

Were you looking for this kind of reply? If you can’t express why you have an opinion maybe your opinion is not well founded in the first place. (Not saying it’s wrong, just that it might not be justified/objective.)

The correction helped me realize what you meant though.