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Studies (not just the one referenced in this article) keep showing that after the initial hype the lack of trustworthiness of "AI" systems (and the companies building them) is leading to trust in these systems going down across the board.
This is a very healthy development, let's keep it going to bring technological development and "innovation" on a track that's no longer leading towards social, political and ecological destruction.

Exclusive: Public trust in AI is sinking across the board
The drop is global, but people in developing countries view the technology more favorably.

„Aber der entscheidende Grund für das Hoch der KPÖ ist, dass in der Partei nicht gestritten wird. Übrigens auch bei der SPÖ: Seit der Wahl von Babler ist der Streit in der Sozialdemokratie sachlicher geworden. Die Wähler*innen honorieren das. Die Profilierungssucht von Einzelnen kommt bei den Leuten nicht gut an.“
Uli Brand im Interview im @…

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The very extreme price swings in unusual grid events can unfortunately drive a major impact to ratepayers; these events can be mitigated with collective efforts to reduce usage during periods of unusual supply/demand mismatch (e.g. EV chargers that automatically turn off), an approach I think is typically referred to as "Demand Response". As we further electrify, demand response systems seem like they'll be even more crucial. (h/t @…

It seems that Anas Sarwar does not really understand the principles of a PR system that is not intended to normally produce majority governments.
“They cannot impose another unelected first minister on Scotland in a backroom deal; the people of Scotland should decide who leads our country."'

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The great reorganization of Germany in 1803, the last act of the Holy Roman Empire before its abolition, is often seen as the traumatic result of Napoleon's overwhelming defeat of various German armies and his gobbling-up of the Rhine. But the damage had in many ways been done much earlier with the partitions of Poland [and Lithuania]. Looked at now, these seem pieces of insanity. It had been clear, if surprising, since the early eighteenth century and the victories of Peter the Great that Russia was to be as big a factor in European politics as Britain (both countries flanking Europe and, in their different ways, impervious to normal attack). It should have been in everyone's interest to keep Poland as a cheerful, thriving buffer, but instead, for careless, short-term reasons the Prussians, Austrians and Russians carved Poland into non-existence. Aside from the rights of the Poles to an ancient and, for centuries, highly successful state, this international piracy meant that Germans and Russians now shared a border — an issue that was to define international politics until Soviet tanks arrived in Berlin in 1945. […]
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(Simon Winder, Germania)

Europese lijsttrekker GL-PvdA [Bas Eickhout] wil duidelijkheid over buitenlandse inmenging voor verkiezingen | @…

US judges saw sharp rise in threats related to political violence, data shows
Serious threats to US federal judges have more than doubled over the past three years, part of a growing wave of politically driven violence, according to US. marshals service data reviewed by Reuters.
The agency, responsible for the protection of 2,700 federal judges and more than 30,000 federal prosecutors and other court personnel, has seen a sharp rise in threats related to the country’s bitter pol…

"As it stands today, the primary direction-setter for new advances in science and technology is “what do folks like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel and Gary Tan and Sam Altman find exciting?”
The problem isn’t just that these guys are ideological fellow-travelers, hell bent on a shared political project that socializes all risk while privatizing all gain. (though, I mean… that would kinda be enough of a problem on its own.)
It’s also that their eye for science, technology, a…

On giant piles of cash, and their origins
The trouble with venture capital is that it has gotten too big.

"Young women tend to vote for parties of the liberal left. Angry young men, sometimes dismissed as toxically masculine by those parties, are being shrewdly wooed by politicians from the right and the far right.
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In Europe, where many countries offer a kaleidoscope of political choices, young male votes have helped fuel the rise of reactionary outfits such as the AfD in Germany, Confederation in Poland and Chega, which surged at Portugal’s election on March 10th."