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> Geoffrey Hinton, considered the 'godfather of artificial intelligence', says that if AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could lead to human extinction. But the Nobel Prize winner has a solution: AI must foster 'maternal' instincts, empathy and kindness.
> Hinton […] suggests even if AI [becomes smarter than humans], if we could make it care more for us than it did about itself, good things could happen.

Trump’s chief of staff acknowledges ‘score settling’ behind prosecutions of political rivals:
‘He will go for it’
– ‘In some cases, it may look like retribution,’
said Susie Wiles in a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair
Wiles also suggested the real goal of Trump's boat strikes is to topple Venezuela's Maduro
"He wants to keep on blowing boats up until [president Nicolšs] Maduro cries uncle. And people way smarter than me on that say that he w…

Can someone smarter than me explain why Python doesn’t offer native JSON serialization for their decimal library? I get that JSON is limited in its support for various numeric types, but we’ve all moved on and lived with it for a decade or so. 🤬

Good Morning #Canada
Today your reading sensibilities are collateral damage from my YouTube meandering. You're welcome.
Did you know that #Vexillology refers to the study of flags? I learned that today. Well today we can all be amateur vexillologists as we critique the design of our Canadian and Provincial flags, aided by a cartoon character who sounds smarter than me. Today I also learned that two of the worst flags in this group, for Ontario and Manitoba, are relatively new designs that can't be blamed on distant historical vexillographers. Yes, I am overusing my new word.
Here is a decent grading of flags from the Provinces and Territories.
#CanadaIsAwesome #FlagWaving
https://youtu.be/G6wYSpLtwRI?si=zNEXotG7u82n2XtX