Democrat Representative Accused of Sexual Harassment: Nancy Pelosi Knew All About These Charges And Helped Me Get Elected Anyway, So What's the Problem Now?

A first-term Democratic congressman accused of sexual harassment said that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi knew about the allegations while he was running for office and supported him anyway, putting millions of dollars behind his 2016 congressional campaign.
During his campaign, Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen allegedly propositioned a female staffer for sex on multiple occasions and touched her thighs. The staffer resigned during Kuhen’s primary campaign as a result of his harassment, she told BuzzFeed.
Pelosi was quick to demand Kihuen’s resignation after the allegations became public, but she actually has known about the harassment allegations for a while, Kihuen told ABC News.

Posted by: Ace at 05:47 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Clay, unimpressed with your wokeness at December 06, 2017 05:45 PM (lTZLC)

2 Burn, baby, burn.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 05:45 PM (xJa6I)

3 Hahahahah

Posted by: Dick Nixon at December 06, 2017 05:45 PM (aN6O8)

4 pamthye

Posted by: Grump928(C) can't even spell emapthy. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (QQ+il)

5 Franken's office says NO resignation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (IqV8l)

6 So I suk a dick or someone else does! I've done my share.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (BtQd4)

7 Of course she knew.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (tbOMB)

8 Sonobi is getting all harrassy again.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (nBr1j)

9 Franken's office says NO resignation.

Jessssss!

Posted by: Grump928(C) can't even spell emapthy. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (QQ+il)

10 5 Franken's office says NO resignation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (IqV8l)

Please pass the popcorn.

And a metric ton of pudding to dip my baitz'm into!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (mbhDw)

11

Franken's office says NO resignation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 05:45 PM

Good!

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (hpr56)

12 How are you ever going to score with the ladies if you don't ask if they are interested?

Sure, you might get your faced slapped, but you have to ask. You'll score a lot more often then if you never step up to the plate and take a swing.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (KdDCu)

13
Thank you, Lord for giving us Donald Trump.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (mbhDw)

14

MUCH bettah for Roy Moore if Al Wanken stays put.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (hpr56)

15
Franken's office says NO resignation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (IqV8l)

Oh please let that be true. Dig in Al and fight to the bitter end

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 05:48 PM (493sH)

16 Just like the dems knew and approved of alleged Roy Moore behavior before it became politically useful to go full on histrionics.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 05:48 PM (tbOMB)

17
Wanken is gonna say: Let's wait for the Ethics Committee to complete the process.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:48 PM (hpr56)

18 Franken's office says NO resignation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM

Doggone it, women like him.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at December 06, 2017 05:48 PM (2NqXo)

19 Dems will say Franken was out to show that Moore should be disqualified, but he has been run out of town because the black caucasians were so pissed about their senior black guy getting the boot while the white guy got to say he was sorry.

Although it doesn't really bother me, I have disliked Franken for 40 years and absolutely despised him for 20, so it is fun to watch him go down so hard in the witch hunt that he was all happy about til it caught him.

It's like watching a gangster get sent to prison for tax evasion, whatever it takes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 05:49 PM (k1TUh)

20 Enjoying every minute of this.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 05:49 PM (aC6Sd)

21 What's the worst thing that can happen? Monica, Shandra, Mary Jo, Donna, Marilyn, and a few other dead hoes.
Politics is a contact sport and colleges are always sending new victims.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2017 05:49 PM (BtQd4)

22 Rats eating their own.

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 05:50 PM (+PZsn)

23 Franken's office says NO resignation.

The concept of his office says no, but his desk chair is open to the idea. (It's all about the amount of time he spends without pants on.)

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 05:50 PM (nBr1j)

24 I can't see Pelosi hanging on as leader much longer.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 05:50 PM (/tuJf)

25 if there is NO resignation, then this is hilarious - that means the Dems are putting out the word to all of their minions in the NYT and WaPo and hoping that Franken will take the hint, but he ain't on board with the plan.

Popcorn Time!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 05:50 PM (k1TUh)

26 At my press conference, I'll be asserting the right of primae noctis. Tis my right as a nobleman.

Posted by: Al "Your Wife Looks Hawt" Franken at December 06, 2017 05:50 PM (FS/ip)

27 You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, amirite?

Posted by: Hitler at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (Ey6hE)

28 Does anyone else have the delicious and novel sense that the Democrats are losing control of the narrative?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (wYseH)

29 Al Franken declares he, Al Franken may assert the right of prima nocta for all his office staff, female acquaintances and random frozen Minnesota voters.

Posted by: Al Frankin at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (2cuLk)

30 Franken's office says NO resignation.

---

Every artist has to suffer for his art. Without all that angst and stuff how will they ever find the funnies?

Bring the funnies, Al.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (KdDCu)

31 When only she knows, he is an asset.

When we know, he is a liability.

Posted by: RokShox at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (yehh7)

32 Pelosi doesn't even know what day it is, let alone who did what when.

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (yP91S)

33 Meh, one grope is a tragedy. The groping of millions is a statistic.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (wPiJc)

34 Stay Golden, Pony Boy.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (4ErVI)

35 Thank you, Lord for giving us Donald Trump.

Amen.

Can I get an "Amen?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (tRaq7)

36 "So what's the problem now?"

well now WE know, you idiot. Don't you get it?

Dont. Get. Caught. is the only rule,

otherwise rape all you want, sell all the uranium to Russia you want ... pervert the whole FBI ... ALL fine and dandy. But don't get caught or (unless you are Hillary or her front line) you are toast.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (otAqJ)

37 When will we get a flaming skull in the main page?

Or better yet, a Puddingskull?

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (GsAUU)

38 Ace hasn't picked up on that Dumbledore's Army story over at the CFPB yet? I figured he'd jump all over that one, him being such a big Harry Potter fan.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/06/cfpb-employees-
form-harry-potter-style-resistance-to-trump/

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (pvjTE)

39 Keeping my fingers crossed that there aren't any Republicans in DC who've somehow managed to avoid the press on this issue until now.

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (zVgt5)

40 Chelsea Handler for Senate!

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (GsAUU)

41 Asking for sex on "multiple occasions"?
Even Pervy Weinstein would give up after two "meetings".

Posted by: wooga at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (iBMrD)

42 Okay is there a dem Congress critter who is not a sexual pervert?

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (m4/mo)

43 Can you imagine the lulz if Franken ends up getting censured while Roy Moore comes in and takes his seat?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (4ErVI)

44 At this rate, the swamp will be depopulated soon.

And by soon, I mean fifty years.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 06, 2017 05:53 PM (YinAC)

45 28 Does anyone else have the delicious and novel sense that the Democrats are losing control of the narrative?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (wYseH)

That is potentially huge because it's not merely for one news cycle. They are the ones that have, via the media, put forth the narrative day in and day out since forever.

This is a sea change. Again, all made possible because Donald Trump ran for President and won.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:53 PM (mbhDw)

46 Flaming BlagoSkull?

We had one of those, right?

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (+PZsn)

47 33 Meh, one grope is a tragedy. The groping of millions is a statistic.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (wPiJc)

Thread winner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (mbhDw)

48 Franken's office says NO resignation

Good. That will make this pleasanter.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (prxs+)

49 35 Thank you, Lord for giving us Donald Trump.

Amen.

Can I get an "Amen?"
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (tRaq7)

--Let the church lay, "Amen!"

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (GsAUU)

50 These lies put out by President Bush are just meant to distract us from the fact that we're losing 500 million jobs a day!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi (D)emented at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (SkuXa)

51 Saw an article today where McConnell is thinking of reinstating the SALT deduction?

I actually LOVED that the ultra wealthy, blue state dwellers were getting stuck with a big tax bill. I hope we get rid of that deduction.

Guy I work with know was telling me how pissed all of his friends in California and New York are that have like $10 million dollar houses.

Posted by: Maritime at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (lKmt3)

52
Flaming skeletal hands?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (mbhDw)

53 When will we get a flaming skull in the main page?

Or better yet, a Puddingskull?

---

Steal Allahpundit's hump bot. We're talking sex scandals. Might as well include robots.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (KdDCu)

54 Amen to DJT being President. I was reluctant and now I am a fan.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (m4/mo)

55 @24

Supposedly Pelosi has her position due to that one thing most important to a politician - fund-raising connections.

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (zVgt5)

56 It's just what decent people do . . .

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (14URa)

57 >>> Al Franken may assert the right of prima nocta for all his office staff,

A regular Edward Clownshanks.

Posted by: wooga at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (iBMrD)

58 "Thank you for calling. In order to keep waiting times within federally mandated limits the Congressional Ethics Office is not receiving new calls at this time. Please try your call again another day. Click, bzzzzzzzzzzz."

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (wPiJc)

59 But but but womens rights!, she flicks off of her forked tongue.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (nILVB)

60 45. Indeed.

* lights joss and burns rams to Tengri *

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (GeIs/)

61 46 Flaming BlagoSkull?

We had one of those, right?
Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (+PZsn)

--That was epic.

We need a congresscritter with bad hair to go down, though.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (GsAUU)

62 51 Saw an article today where McConnell is thinking of reinstating the SALT deduction?

I actually LOVED that the ultra wealthy, blue state dwellers were getting stuck with a big tax bill. I hope we get rid of that deduction.

Guy I work with know was telling me how pissed all of his friends in California and New York are that have like $10 million dollar houses.
Posted by: Maritime at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (lKmt3)

The red states pay for the profligacy and social engineering of the blue ones. Hell no, McYertle! Leave that one alone.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (mbhDw)

63 The Democratic caucus will be posing for a grope picture for Christmas, or the holidays, or santivus or whatever they call it.
Everybody will have somebody's hand on his/her ass.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (nBr1j)

64 may the dominos continue to fall

Posted by: concrete girl at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (kCbAY)

65 >>Supposedly Pelosi has her position due to that one thing most important to a politician

...heh. She can take her teeth out.

Posted by: Bill CLinton at December 06, 2017 05:55 PM (+PZsn)

66 31
When only she knows, he is an asset.

When we know, he is a liability.

Posted by: RokShox at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (yehh7)

Social Justice War-I-Ors! Come out to play-y-yay!

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (tbOMB)

67 Or better yet, a Puddingskull?

I miss the Blagoskull with the black toupee.

I wondered what a Pelosiskull would look like, but it'd look just like her face.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (tRaq7)

68 14

MUCH bettah for Roy Moore if Al Wanken stays put.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:47 PM (hpr56)

++++

It's also better for the GOP when Franken is up for reelection. If he left now, the Dems could get someone new in there and then that person would be an incumbent when the seat comes up. Instead, if it is Franken running: vulnerable. Plus, Minnesota almost went Trump. A good GOP candidate against a damaged Franken just might steal that seat.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (FUu/Z)

69 33 Muldoon

Zombie Uncle Joe Stalin approves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (hyuyC)

70 It really is long time for Washington to get a good flensing and have all of these people from both parties just flushed out of there

Posted by: Sharkman at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (K2hsm)

71 The only standards dems have are for republicans.

Posted by: Guam tipper at December 06, 2017 05:57 PM (/DvFd)

72
This is a sea change. Again, all made possible because Donald Trump ran for President and won.
----------

Obama minions have their thumbs in the pie somehow. They want their power back, and the democrat old guard stands in their way.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 05:57 PM (KdDCu)

73 Just saw that NBC is doing Christmas Story for their live tv special this year. I wonder how they will handle the evil, terrible B.B. gun.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at December 06, 2017 05:57 PM (nILVB)

74 68 A good GOP candidate against a damaged Franken just might steal that seat.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (FUu/Z)

Second look at Tardisil?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:57 PM (mbhDw)

75 These lies put out by President Bush are just meant to distract us from the fact that we're losing 500 million jobs a day!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi
-----------

and...93,000,000 gun deaths per day.

Posted by: Terry McCauliff at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (5OO3x)

76 Ace hasn't picked up on that Dumbledore's Army story over at the CFPB yet? I figured he'd jump all over that one, him being such a big Harry Potter fan.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/06/cfpb-employees-
form-harry-potter-style-resistance-to-trump/
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

I would lock the doors after New Years

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (VYl4Z)

77 The Taiwanese animation for Blago is still one of the most hilarious things I've ever watched.

Unfortunately, I can't find it.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (GsAUU)

78 /tinfoil hat... Bannon... /tinfoil hat

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (yP91S)

79
He's a "champion for women," ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (hpr56)

80 When will Nancy Pelosi start complaining about how nobody ever visits her anymore?

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (nBr1j)

81 74 68 A good GOP candidate against a damaged Franken just might steal that seat.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (FUu/Z)

Second look at Tardisil?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December

Guaranteed RINO

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (VYl4Z)

82 You mean Nancy Pelosi, the defender of Filthy Bob Filner didn't care about a sexual harrasser? Shocking.

Posted by: buzzion at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (z/Ubi)

83
Wait, did Al Wanken say he's a champion for women or a champion of women?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (hpr56)

84 38
Ace hasn't picked up on that Dumbledore's Army story over at the CFPB yet? I figured he'd jump all over that one, him being such a big Harry Potter fan.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/06/cfpb-employees-

form-harry-potter-style-resistance-to-trump/

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (pvjTE)

Yeah, that pretty much pegs them as insufferable, petulant, douches. It's kind of easy frankengropen stock. It's just there for the taking.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (tbOMB)

85 I want Al to hang in there. Why should they be allowed to pluck the stones out of their shoes?

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (14URa)

86 81
Guaranteed RINO
Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (VYl4Z)

Never thought of her as that. But certainly not the best communicator.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (mbhDw)

87 If you really want to hurt a Congress critter, chop their staff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (hyuyC)

88 So much winning!

Schadenboner status:
(x) turgid
() flaccid

Posted by: Afroman at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (VbLok)

89 82 You mean Nancy Pelosi, the defender of Filthy Bob Filner didn't care about a sexual harrasser? Shocking.
Posted by: buzzion at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (z/Ubi)

Would Filthy Filner qualify as ground zero for the Democrat pervert epidemic?

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (nBr1j)

90 Just saw that NBC is doing Christmas Story for their live tv special this year. I wonder how they will handle the evil, terrible B.B. gun.

Mary Lou Retton will play Ralphie.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (tRaq7)

91 88 So much winning!

Schadenboner status:
(x) turgid
() flaccid
Posted by: Afroman at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (VbLok)

I sense a tumescence in the force...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (mbhDw)

92
hey, GOPe, Country Club over Country??

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (hpr56)

93 70 It really is long time for Washington to get a good flensing and have all of these people from both parties just flushed out of there

Posted by: Sharkman at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (K2hsm)

Agreed. I mean I don't like the let's ruin someone's life over an allegation and nope I ain't got evidence, but like that fat Republican who used taxpayer bucks to settle a suit, get his ass outta there.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (4ErVI)

94 ROBIN COHEN IS NOT AN...AN...AN...AN...AN...AN ICON AND SHOULD RESIGN!!! AND GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!!!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (O5Q3r)

95 89 82 You mean Nancy Pelosi, the defender of Filthy Bob Filner didn't care about a sexual harrasser? Shocking.
Posted by: buzzion at December 06, 2017 05:59 PM (z/Ubi)

Would Filthy Filner qualify as ground zero for the Democrat pervert epidemic?
Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (nBr1j

Weinstein.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (mbhDw)

96 91 88 J.J. Sefton

*Snort!*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (hyuyC)

97

Did you hear about the 2 new fake polls today?

Yeah, a big majority DON'T WANT tax cuts. Yeah, really.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (hpr56)

98 92
hey, GOPe, Country Club over Country??
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (hpr56)

Brilliant.

Tweet that to Flake.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (mbhDw)

99 Pelosi is a lost shoe and a bollard away from forced retirement.

Posted by: Guam tipper at December 06, 2017 06:02 PM (/DvFd)

100 >>Would Filthy Filner qualify as ground zero for the Democrat pervert epidemic?

Bill Clinton. It was a slow developing epidemic but it is finally come for the body count.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:02 PM (/tuJf)

101 Franken's office says NO resignation.

Jessssss!

Posted by: Grump928(C) can't even spell emapthy. at December 06, 2017 05:46 PM (QQ+il)

========

I agree, this is good. Dems act in their own short term interests even if everything else goes to shit. People like Franken and Hillary will become the acid that eats away at the party, due to their ambitions.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 06:02 PM (/qEW2)

102 Just saw that NBC is doing Christmas Story for their live tv special this year. I wonder how they will handle the evil, terrible B.B. gun.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy
-----------

I know how I would handle it:
http://tinyurl.com/ydh43x9p

Posted by: Terry McCauliff at December 06, 2017 06:02 PM (5OO3x)

103 97

Did you hear about the 2 new fake polls today?

Yeah, a big majority DON'T WANT tax cuts. Yeah, really.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (hpr56)

It gets to the point they sound like the headlines after Joe Stalin wins an election with 98.7% of the vote.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (mbhDw)

104 Franken should resign, relocate to CA or WA then run again. Shoe in.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (r9UYA)

105 These lies put out by President Bush are just meant to distract us from the fact that we're losing 500 million jobs a day!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi
-----------

and...93,000,000 gun deaths per day.

Posted by: Terry McCauliff at December 06, 2017 05:58 PM (5OO3x)
...........

and that your health insurance premiums have been reduced by 3000% !

Posted by: Barry Soetoro - AA, BFD at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (HgMAr)

106

btw, I just noticed we haven't heard much lately from that JINO cuck Michael Bloomberg.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (hpr56)

107 94 ROBIN COHEN IS NOT AN...AN...AN...AN...AN...AN ICON AND SHOULD RESIGN!!! AND GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!!!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (O5Q3r)

You first, bitch

https://youtu.be/XVk_e31dnlE

Posted by: Ben Folds at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (GsAUU)

108 Filner was too long ago. The issue died again after he left office.

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (zVgt5)

109 We have to spread her thighs to see what's nestled between her thighs.

Posted by: Fritz at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (RtQsb)

110
Did you hear about the 2 new fake polls today?
Yeah, a big majority DON'T WANT tax cuts. Yeah, really.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:01 PM (hpr56)

The big majority that doesn't pay any to begin with.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 06, 2017 06:04 PM (lKyWE)

111 109 We have to spread her thighs to see what's nestled between her thighs.
Posted by: Fritz at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (RtQsb)

Too much specula going on...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:04 PM (mbhDw)

112 This calls for a Day of Rage! Wait, what?

Posted by: Little Al Franken at December 06, 2017 06:04 PM (Tyii7)

113 @104

I don't know about WA. But the knives would come out if he were to run for office in CA.

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (zVgt5)

114 62 51 Saw an article today where McConnell is thinking of reinstating the SALT deduction?

I actually LOVED that the ultra wealthy, blue state dwellers were getting stuck with a big tax bill. I hope we get rid of that deduction.

Guy I work with know was telling me how pissed all of his friends in California and New York are that have like $10 million dollar houses.
Posted by: Maritime at December 06, 2017 05:54 PM (lKmt3)

---------/

To late for that, unless he forces it in during conference, which would probably doom the tax reform.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (LnOh3)

115 >>> Does anyone else have the delicious and novel sense that the Democrats are losing control of the narrative?

I think the "narrative" has pulled out it's dick and is giving the media the Full Charlie Rose treatment all over their faces.

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (q177U)

116 104 Franken should resign, relocate to CA or WA then run again. Shoe in.
Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 06:03 PM (r9UYA)

Come to NY and run against Gillibrand. Ha!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (mbhDw)

117
It gets to the point they sound like the headlines after Joe Stalin wins an election with 98.7% of the vote.

I'm even wondering, at this point, if they even really did a poll. They usually skew heavily Lefty, as we all know, but I don't even believe they even go to that much trouble anymore and just make up the whole thing.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (hpr56)

118 Just saw that NBC is doing Christmas Story for their live tv special this year. I wonder how they will handle the evil, terrible B.B. gun.

Mary Lou Retton will play Ralphie.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (tRaq7)

And the BB gun will be an AR-15.

Complete with the thing that goes up. And Ralphie will shoot the neighbors instead of himself.

Dad will be the stupid red-stater that can't pronounce fragile.

Mom will be the intellectual.

Farkus will be wearing a MAGA hat. And still get his ass beat.

Posted by: golfman at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (48QDY)

119 Power Through, Senator Franken!

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 06:05 PM (yP91S)

120 106

btw, I just noticed we haven't heard much lately from that JINO cuck Michael Bloomberg.

His minions are busy poison pilling the National Reciprocity bill that the GOPe gladly swallowed.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 06:06 PM (r9UYA)

121 So, Franken tweets about the retirement story and refers to himself as "the Senator."

Yeah, referring to yourself in third person? Only normal if you're the Queen of England.

Al, you're NOT the Queen of England.

Please call your mental health professional or pharmacy ASAP for refills of your psych meds.

Posted by: Vyx at December 06, 2017 06:06 PM (aT+Bx)

122 The age old parliamentary procedural trick, the feel-a-bust-er.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (wPiJc)

123 OT

Ace, there has been an incredible development in the world of artificial intelligence announced just yesterday that is not yet on the mainstream news but which is creating a huge amount of buzz in the chess world and is being compared to the moment that "Skynet went live."

Short version: a brand-new computer program absolutely DESTROYED the existing world's-best chess program.

Long version:

This "program" is not actually even a chess program, just an all-purpose algorithm for AI self-leaning. On a generic tabletop computer, it was simply taught the basic rules of chess, with no further instructions of any kind. Then it quickly played 700,000 games against itself, announced, "OK, I got this thang figured out," and they they matched it up against a dedicated chess program that was the result of 40 years of programming and is the cutting-edge best chess program ever, many many many orders of magnitude better than any human player, the highest rated program ever, and up until yesterday considered totally unbeatable, as it crunched millions of positions per second and had the best efforts of the world's best programmers and players built into it, running on high-end hardware.

Result? The new algorithm completely CRUSHED the dedicated program 28-0.

Everyone in the chess world is agog.

This new algorithm is the same one that made headlines a few months ago by beating the world Go champion in Japan.

The amazing part is not that it won, but that it was never instructed HOW to win or in ANY chess fundamentals, strategy or tactics. They simply programmed in "knight moves like this, rook moves like that; goal is to corner the king." Then within TWO HOURS it had independently re-invented all the best chess opening, and after about 8 hours of self-play and incremental "improvement" and figuring out the strategy had reached a strength level heretofore unimaginable.

Oh, they did the same thing with the Asian version of chess, and the algorithm similarly destroyed all competition within a few hours.

They said this self-learning algorithm is universal, not limited to chess or games or anything, and that it could be used for the program to self-learn ANY skill, knowledge, etc.

Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

Will post links if interested.

Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (42M22)

124 BTW, my nic has a link that calculates potential tax savings from the House and Senate versions and compares to the existing tax code.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (LnOh3)

125 surprising<--------------------------------------||>not surprising

Posted by: Bored383 at December 06, 2017 06:08 PM (70HTk)

126 I suspect this will be franken's defense too.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (+Dllb)

127 Just saw that NBC is doing Christmas Story for their live tv special this year. I wonder how they will handle the evil, terrible B.B. gun.

Mary Lou Retton will play Ralphie.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (tRaq7)

And the BB gun will be an AR-15.

Complete with the thing that goes up. And Ralphie will shoot the neighbors instead of himself.

Dad will be the stupid red-stater that can't pronounce fragile.

Mom will be the intellectual.

Farkus will be wearing a MAGA hat. And still get his ass beat.
Posted by: golfman
------------

The Bumpus hounds will be presented as a metaphor for Republicans...stealing from hard-working families.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (5OO3x)

128 >>>This is a sea change. Again, all made possible because Donald Trump ran for President and won.

That sounds so beautiful the way you say it.

*swoon*

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (q177U)

129 Just going on record here to be the firstest and the mostest to welcome our new all-seeing, all-knowing, electronic overlords.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (tbOMB)

130 "81 74 68 A good GOP candidate against a damaged Franken just might steal that seat.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:56 PM (FUu/Z)

Second look at Tardisil?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December

Guaranteed RINO"

Not if I have anything to say about it.

Posted by: Steve "The Hammer" Bannon at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (ouno+)

131
Is it wrong of me having much joy in my heart right now knowing Al Franken is having a very very very bad night?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (hpr56)

132 OT but this is cute. Melania and Karen Pence were in Corpus and Rockport today to thank first responders and work at the food bank. The food bank folks were thrilled that the 1st and 2nd ladies pitched in and got their hands dirty.

Then the ladies ate at Whataburger.

Posted by: stace at December 06, 2017 06:09 PM (6HFDU)

133 122 The age old parliamentary procedural trick, the feel-a-bust-er

Franken privilege?

Posted by: Guam tipper at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (/DvFd)

134 "Let us pray," Representative Conyers said with a thigh.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (wPiJc)

135 Ace, there has been an incredible development in the world of artificial intelligence announced just yesterday that is not yet on the mainstream news but which is creating a huge amount of buzz in the chess world and is being compared to the moment that "Skynet went live."

Short version: a brand-new computer program absolutely DESTROYED the existing world's-best chess program.

Long version:

This "program" is not actually even a chess program, just an all-purpose algorithm for AI self-leaning. On a generic tabletop computer, it was simply taught the basic rules of chess, with no further instructions of any kind. Then it quickly played 700,000 games against itself, announced, "OK, I got this thang figured out," and they they matched it up against a dedicated chess program that was the result of 40 years of programming and is the cutting-edge best chess program ever, many many many orders of magnitude better than any human player, the highest rated program ever, and up until yesterday considered totally unbeatable, as it crunched millions of positions per second and had the best efforts of the world's best programmers and players built into it, running on high-end hardware.

Result? The new algorithm completely CRUSHED the dedicated program 28-0.

Everyone in the chess world is agog.

This new algorithm is the same one that made headlines a few months ago by beating the world Go champion in Japan.

The amazing part is not that it won, but that it was never instructed HOW to win or in ANY chess fundamentals, strategy or tactics. They simply programmed in "knight moves like this, rook moves like that; goal is to corner the king." Then within TWO HOURS it had independently re-invented all the best chess opening, and after about 8 hours of self-play and incremental "improvement" and figuring out the strategy had reached a strength level heretofore unimaginable.

Oh, they did the same thing with the Asian version of chess, and the algorithm similarly destroyed all competition within a few hours.

They said this self-learning algorithm is universal, not limited to chess or games or anything, and that it could be used for the program to self-learn ANY skill, knowledge, etc.

Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

Will post links if interested.
Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (42M22)

I for one welcome our new AI overlords.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (nBr1j)

136
Who else's heart feels like an alligator right now thinking about how angry and depressed Al Franken is right now?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (hpr56)

137 I'll throw my hat in the ring

Posted by: Joe Biden, Female Hair Inspector at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (GsAUU)

138 When Ralphie's little brother says "Daddy's gonna kill me", Social Services will be alerted, parents arrested, and the kids placed in foster care.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (5OO3x)

139 ! GIGLIO !

Posted by: Guy who shouts Giglio at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (Jj+59)

140 Zombie,

Interesting.

Now if we can get a rational tax policy and welfare reform from the computer we're going someplace. I'd love to replace Congress critters with bots. And NO sexbots for them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:11 PM (hyuyC)

141 Maybe Conyers will take me to church.

Posted by: Little Al Franken at December 06, 2017 06:11 PM (Tyii7)

142 Will post links if interested.
-----------------------------

Yes, interested.

Google has the headlines, but the links (4) return 404

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (KdDCu)

143
btw, the Republicans did an AWFUL job selling the Trump Tax Cuts to the American people.

They didn't even try.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (hpr56)

144 Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

I have an AS in compsci and I don't think AI is a good idea.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (tRaq7)

145 Sounds like the guy who convinced Hitler to invade Russia was re-incarnated as a Senator Al Franken advisor.

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 06:13 PM (yP91S)

146 When Ralphie's little brother says "Daddy's gonna kill me", Social Services will be alerted, parents arrested, and the kids placed in foster care.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (5OO3x)

I forgot.

Is that before or after Ralphie's mom washes his mouth out with soap?

Boy. The Horde could run with this one..

Posted by: golfman at December 06, 2017 06:13 PM (48QDY)

147 Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM

Meh. They will never be able to take on a Ferguson, much less conquer one.

Posted by: Al Bundy at December 06, 2017 06:13 PM (ctuyM)

148 Short version: a brand-new computer program absolutely DESTROYED the existing world's-best chess program.

Ah, a new tip calculator!

Posted by: Morty Seinfeld at December 06, 2017 06:13 PM (yr4gv)

149 Nanny McRictus probably asked for pics....

It's like Lena "Oh the Manatee" Dunham briefing in Grammy H on Big Harve Weinstein and being shocked Gram Gram did nothing....

Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (SzZnW)

150 Who else's heart feels like an alligator right now thinking about how angry and depressed Al Franken is right now?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:10 PM (hpr56)

Just breaks my lil gnat heart.

Posted by: BignJames at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (1Oy/Q)

151 Paging Doctor Forbin...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (IqV8l)

152 First problem for AI to crack, best moves to pick up Kate Upton.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (LnOh3)

153 * walks into Franken's room. deposits white cotton robe and small tray with bamboo tanto in front of him.*
'Redeem your honor.'
* departs, sliding the shoji behind him. *

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (fA1SL)

154 I have an AS in compsci and I don't think AI is a good idea.

Me either, Dave.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (Tyii7)

155 Weird but overlooked news today:

Conyers is being quoted by an intern that he knows what happened to Chandra Levy.
She was killed 16 years ago.

Posted by: navybrat at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (w7KSn)

156 Welcome. Do you like the island? My grandmother had an island. Nothing to boast of. You could walk around it in an hour, but still it was, it was a paradise for us. One summer, we went for a visit and discovered the place had been infested with rats. They'd come on a fishing boat and gorged themselves on coconut. So how do you get rats off an island? Hmm? My grandmother showed me. We buried an oil drum and hinged the lid. Then we wired coconut to the lid as bait and the rats would come for the coconut and... they would fall into the drum. And after a month, you have trapped all the rats, but what do you do then? Throw the drum into the ocean? Burn it? No. You just leave it and they begin to get hungry. And one by one...
they start eating each other until there are only two left. The two survivors. And then what? Do you kill them? No. You take them and release them into the trees, but now they don't eat coconut anymore. Now, they only eat rat. You have changed their nature. The two survivors. This is what Trump made Progressives.

Posted by: The name is Bond, James Bond at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (Jj+59)

157 Ace hasn't picked up on that Dumbledore's Army story over at the CFPB yet? I figured he'd jump all over that one, him being such a big Harry Potter fan.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/06/cfpb-employees-
form-harry-potter-style-resistance-to-trump/

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2017 05:52 PM (pvjTE)

========

The FOIA also specifically requests all communications that contain the words "Dumbledore," "Dumbledore's Army," "Snape," "Voldemort," and "He-who-shall-not-be-named," among other records.

I can't tell if this is satire or not. It reads like Andrew Fastow's list fake companies that he using in his Enron accounting shenanigans.

I'm not sure what they think will be accomplished by this. They can plot all they want, but if what Mulvaney requests is not done, he'll find out soon enough.

Why are they so hardcore and antsy that they just can't calm the f*ck down and behave?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (/qEW2)

158 Just getting rid of the Shared Responsibility Tax will be a ginormous win.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (4ErVI)

159 143
btw, the Republicans did an AWFUL job selling the Trump Tax Cuts to the American people.

They didn't even try.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (

I can believe that... they represent two different parties, and diverse philosophies... one Pro American, and one Pro State(us)......

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (zSVEm)

160 We know how to deal with computers like that.

Posted by: The Butlerian Jihad at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (k1TUh)

161 Cool story zombie (not sarcasm).

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (q177U)

162 Wow, so The Donald not only wants to move the embassy, but he's recognized Jerusalem as the capital?

Shit, I'm out of popcorn.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (GsAUU)

163 141 Maybe Conyers will take me to church.
Posted by: Little Al Franken at December 06, 2017 06:11 PM (Tyii7)

https://youtu.be/eGWDtB7K9t8

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (nBr1j)

164 Lace Wigs has become self aware.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (LnOh3)

165 142
Will post links if interested.

-----------------------------

Yes, interested.

Google has the headlines, but the links (4) return 404

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (KdDCu)

They are already onto us.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (tbOMB)

166 Sooo, nobody got the Scrooged reference about the live TV show?

Seriously, it's like I don't know you people any more.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (tRaq7)

167 OT/ Czech Republic recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel...breaking with the other EU countries.

Wow, that was fast. And delicious.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla or Professor Chaos at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (YiAXR)

168 Ralphy will wanf a marshmallow on a stick, a pointy stick.

You'll poke your eye out kid

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (aC6Sd)

169 153 Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet

A 45 with one bullet would be more American.

Hell, even a 22 LR would do for him, and reduces the over-penetration issues.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (hyuyC)

170 Conyers is being quoted by an intern that he knows what happened to Chandra Levy.

It would be a shame if you ended up like she did honey.
All lost in the woods and everything.

Posted by: J. Conyers (MI-Disgrace) at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (r9UYA)

171 And I screwed it up with my fingers on this small keyboard

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (aC6Sd)

172 Links please, Zombie. This is a major event. I had read about the Go deal, and now this. AI may be the best, or the worst, thing to happen to humanity in ever. Only time will tell.

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (wjmTS)

173 >>Conyers is being quoted by an intern that he knows what happened to Chandra Levy.
She was killed 16 years ago.

You kinda buried the lead on that one.

He told her that he knew what happened to Chandra Levy while he had the intern in a car at night and she had just turned down his proposition for sex.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (/tuJf)

174 162

Wow, so The Donald not only wants to move the embassy, but he's recognized Jerusalem as the capital?

Shit, I'm out of popcorn.
Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (GsAUU)

This post, while relevant, is not nearly as momentous as Trump's actions regarding Israel... Pervy Dems in office is rather ordinary and everyday ...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (zSVEm)

175 Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (42M22)

--Worth going into the Chess Thread.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (GsAUU)

176 159 143
btw, the Republicans did an AWFUL job selling the Trump Tax Cuts to the American people.

They didn't even try.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:12 PM (

---------

I can believe that somewhat. But it is hard to sell something through a corrupt press system .

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (LnOh3)

177 BackwardsBoy

Missed it, like I miss all cultural references to TV shows & movies made after 1976.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (hyuyC)

178 169. Bamboo bladed tanto. Make him earn the restoration of his honor.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM (fA1SL)

179 28 Does anyone else have the delicious and novel sense that the Democrats are losing control of the narrative?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 06, 2017 05:51 PM (wYseH)

I think we passed that exit a long time ago.

Now it's like a Mafia family that's had a major defection, and they're all scrambling to make a deal before Sammy "The Bull" Gravano sings.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (YqDXo)

180 162 Wow, so The Donald not only wants to move the embassy, but he's recognized Jerusalem as the capital?

Shit, I'm out of popcorn.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:15 PM (GsAUU)

Lots of butthurt and tsk tsking about it too, but I guarantee you everyone else is gonna move their embassies there a few years down the road.

This is what it looks like when you've got an actual leader taking decisive action. Others will follow.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (4ErVI)

181 Apparently Elon Musk has been quoted as saying artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (nBr1j)

182 152
First problem for AI to crack, best moves to pick up Kate Upton.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (LnOh3)

ERROR. IMPREGNATE. IMPREGNATE!

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (tbOMB)

183 >>Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM

and people think I'm a real person?

Posted by: Bob from NSA at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (r9UYA)

184 THE NIGHT THE REINDEER DIED!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFmgjwptic

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (k1TUh)

185 zombie - While I haven't stayed on top of it, it seems that most AI approaches have been hybrids incorporating all of the sundry paradigms.

'Learning' has part and parcel all along, but the combination of neural-net simulators, Genetic Algorithms, and etc. has turned the corner. Staggering computing power has made it possible.

When rolled in with the people's engagement on the internet, video surveillance, transaction monitoring, phone monitoring, vehicle tracking, etc., it's all pretty scary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (5OO3x)

186 "Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided."

Except they still need someone holding their hand. It didn't learn the rules of chess on it's own, just built a set of strategies.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (5DOfS)

187 Reassured that Al,
while Lady Liberty sleeps,
paws her helpless breasts.

Posted by: Haiku Comey at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (Astxw)

188 Franken's office said tonight that he's not yet decided to resign and that MPR is not correct.

I want to hear him say "Fake News".

Posted by: WisRich at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (OAlmw)

189 181

Apparently Elon Musk has been quoted as saying artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (nBr1j)

He has a weird name... something an AI would come up with...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (zSVEm)

190 Just wait until Milo's book is released.

I hope he gives out some choice passages beforehand because May is a long time from now.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:20 PM (GsAUU)

191 Even the Pope has butt hurt on President Trump moving the embassy to Israel's Capital

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:20 PM (aC6Sd)

192 Just getting rid of the Shared Responsibility Tax will be a ginormous win.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:14 PMp

Except for those of us who live in the state that pioneered mandatory health insurance at the state level. Fcuk this place, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2017 06:20 PM (p+Wdc)

193 155 Weird but overlooked news today:

Conyers is being quoted by an intern that he knows what happened to Chandra Levy.
She was killed 16 years ago.
Posted by: navybrat
________

Will anyone think to ask Conyers what happened to Joe Scarborough's intern?

Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 06:20 PM (j+dfT)

194 Zombie Chess?

As someone who's been in IT since 1980, this is remarkable.

Now teach it to properly spellcheck.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at December 06, 2017 06:20 PM (MCEs2)

195 Pelosi nor Schumer present any threat ....so they throw some no name Congressman, even that idiot Franken , under the bus and replace them with another lockstep Dem. So fcuking what?

THE TURTLE will be unleashing the fury of GOPe hell the instant Moore's election is certified as legal. Murkowski and Collins will make Pelosi look like a wallflower on this (Moore) issue. Moore is a Trump proxy vote and that is one vote that Turtle, Inc intends to win in convincing fashion.

Posted by: Redgrains at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (WPxnj)

196 182 AI

LOL. Justin Verlander's on her. Practice make pregnant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (hyuyC)

197 Conyers is being quoted by an intern that he knows what happened to Chandra Levy.

She was killed 16 years ago.

Posted by: navybrat at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (w7KSn)
I think Conyers following through on his threat to spill ALL the beans is almost prayer-worthy.

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (14URa)

198 "It didn't learn the rules of chess on it's own"

Well, if it could read an encyclopedia, which would take it probably, oh, twelve minutes or so, it could learn the rules of just about everything. Then what?

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (wjmTS)

199 Even the Pope has butt hurt on President Trump moving the embassy to Israel's Capital

Dave, where's my shocked face?

Posted by: HAL 9000 at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (Tyii7)

200 Missed it, like I miss all cultural references to TV shows movies made after ~~1976~~ 1988.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:17 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide, Commentator Age Requirement at December 06, 2017 06:21 PM (ctuyM)

201
Did anyone else catch this today?

If you watched any Fake News today, you heard them say "President Trump makes controversial move and officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to fulfill a campaign promise and satisfy his base.

***Wait. And here's the Catch: Fake News told us before, many times, Trump's base was definitely and thoroughly ANTI JEW! What gives??***

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (hpr56)

202 MSN headline right now..

House Bill Expands Gun Owners Rights...

How the holy living F do you Expand a RIGHT????

Just shows that they have no understanding about where rights come from, when a government Action can supposedly EXPAND a right...

Posted by: Don Q. at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (NgKpN)

203 Elon Musk working on Skynet eh?
Sounded like a threat to me

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (aC6Sd)

204 167 OT/ Czech Republic recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel...breaking with the other EU countries.

Wow, that was fast. And delicious.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla or Professor Chaos at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (YiAXR)

--If Trump leads, others will follow.

(Still not bored of winning.)

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (GsAUU)

205 >>Well, if it could read an encyclopedia, which would take it probably, oh, twelve minutes or so, it could learn the rules of just about everything. Then what?

Unplug it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (/tuJf)

206 181 Apparently Elon Musk has been quoted as saying artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking
___________

I have this great business plan for a startup company to control and manage AI.

First, I'm going to need $14.2 billion in taxpayer money.

Posted by: Elon Musk at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (j+dfT)

207 Wow, so The Donald not only wants to move the embassy, but he's recognized Jerusalem as the capital?

Shit, I'm out of popcorn.
Posted by: logprof
--
*Congress* did that in 1995. Will of the people. It's just that the string of Presidents, beginning with Clinton the Rapist, were more concerned about political considerations than the well-being of the Republic, and refused to sign on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (5OO3x)

208 AoSHQ Style Guide, Commentator Age Requirement

Thanks! Forgot that. D'oh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (hyuyC)

209 You can bet pelousy is angry because there goes her shot at the whitehouse (after the new 2018 dem-controlled congress impeaches President Trump). Probably the only person on the erf more angry is hellary, or perhaps their master sauros.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (zLDYs)

210 Now if this chess-playing AI can replicate itself and build a newer version it can't beat. That would be scary.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (nBr1j)

211 He told her that he knew what happened to Chandra Levy while he had the intern in a car at night and she had just turned down his proposition for sex.

No shit? That's just...wow.

That's the kind of thing I'd normally ask for a link on because it's so outrageous but you've been our #1 reporter on this so...

No shit? Wow.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (fuK7c)

212 They said this self-learning algorithm is universal, not limited to chess or games or anything, and that it could be used for the program to self-learn ANY skill, knowledge, etc.

Could they put this in a simple robot skeleton and have it learn to walk? Not these monstrous things we see now that have a million sensors and are preprogrammed to react in certain ways, but just a simple motorized skeleton with one gyro. Because then we could sex with it.

Posted by: wooga at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (iBMrD)

213
Fake News and the alt-left and some Republican Shits told us for months that Trump and his base were anti-jew??

So then why would President Trump move the embassy to Jerusalem? For his nazi base,...who hates Jews??

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (hpr56)

214 205
>>Well, if it could read an encyclopedia, which would take it probably, oh, twelve minutes or so, it could learn the rules of just about everything. Then what?

Unplug it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:22 PM (/tuJf)

Noted.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (tbOMB)

215 Czech Republic recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel...breaking with the other EU countries.

Wow, that was fast. And delicious.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla or Professor Chaos at December 06, 2017 06:16 PM (YiAXR)

Fantastic news indeed. Love those guys.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (QC/4S)

216 Missed it, like I miss all cultural references to TV shows & movies made after 1976.

If you haven't seen Scrooged, you're missing a pretty good Bill Murray holiday movie, IMHO. It's a parody of shallow TV execs trying to make a live blockbuster show of A Christmas Carol. Except it's Bill Murray who gets haunted.

That whole movie is worth the Carol Kane scene.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (tRaq7)

217 186 "Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided."

Except they still need someone holding their hand. It didn't learn the rules of chess on it's own, just built a set of strategies.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:19 PM (5DOfS)

---------

There's a point to this. Why didn't it stop playing by itself after 100,000 matches? Why didn't it question itself as to why it was doing what it was doing. Or are those questions of sentience.

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (LnOh3)

218 I have this great business plan for a startup company to control and manage AI.

First, I'm going to need $14.2 billion in taxpayer money.
Posted by: Elon Musk
-------------

Well, if you put 'Green' in the title of the company, it's a slam-dunk.

Posted by: Terry McCauliff at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (5OO3x)

219 Noted lefty intellectual Chelsea Handler says Trump "literally and figuratively" set the California wildfires.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (398bZ)

220 184 THE NIGHT THE REINDEER DIED!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFmgjwptic
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (k1TUh)

--This is still my favorite:

https://youtu.be/5gJmWTtYnr8

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:25 PM (GsAUU)

221 If congress ( both ) passes reciprocity law Trump signs you better hold your ears, Leftists will be exploding all over

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:25 PM (aC6Sd)

222

Yes, interested.

Google has the headlines, but the links (4) return 404
Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite

172 Links please, Zombie. This is a major event.
Posted by: Ruthless

DeepMind's AI became a superhuman chess player in a few hours, just for fun

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/6/16741106/deepmind-ai-chess-alphazero-shogi-go

DeepMind's AlphaZero crushes chess

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/deepmind-s-alphazero-crushes-chess

Entire human chess knowledge learned and surpassed by DeepMind's AlphaZero in four hours

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/12/06/ entire-human-chess-knowledge-learned-surpassed-deepminds-alphazero/

Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:25 PM (42M22)

223

AI's First Limerick

A computer with an algorithmic mind
Soon left human jokers behind
'Til it tried to rhyme 'orange'
and its hard drive went "Sproing!"
Pop, fizzle, bzzzzzzzzzt.crash

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:25 PM (wPiJc)

224 212
They said this self-learning algorithm is universal, not limited to chess or games or anything, and that it could be used for the program to self-learn ANY skill, knowledge, etc.

Could they put this in a simple robot skeleton and have it learn to walk? Not these monstrous things we see now that have a million sensors and are preprogrammed to react in certain ways, but just a simple motorized skeleton with one gyro. Because then we could sex with it.

Posted by: wooga at December 06, 2017 06:23 PM (iBMrD)

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:25 PM (tbOMB)

225 I'm imagining Tom Hagen having a chat and a cigar with Al Franken.

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (yP91S)

226 Except they still need someone holding their hand. It didn't learn the rules of chess on it's own, just built a set of strategies.

Posted by: Rob Crawford
--------------

Dave? What are you doing Dave?

Posted by: HAL at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (5OO3x)

227 There's a point to this. Why didn't it stop playing by itself after 100,000 matches? Why didn't it question itself as to why it was doing what it was doing. Or are those questions of sentience.
Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM (LnOh3)

Why didn't it stop playing chess and start posting on AOSHQ?

Or maybe it did--giggles and looks around nervously.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (nBr1j)

228 That whole movie is worth the Carol Kane scene.

And the scene where the censures complain that you can see the dancers nipples

Posted by: Bruce at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (8ikIW)

229 I just learned to fart. I'm unstoppable.

Posted by: DeepMind's AlphaZero at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (Tyii7)

230 Would Filthy Filner qualify as ground zero for the Democrat pervert epidemic?
Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:00 PM (nBr1j)

I think Weiner, and before him Spitzer, have that "honor."

It just took a while to get traction.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (YqDXo)

231 I'm imagining Tom Hagen having a chat and a cigar with Al Franken.
Posted by: davidt
-------------

Horse head.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (5OO3x)

232
There was a mostly factual think piece back in the seventies (plus or minus a decade) that analyzed the possible interaction between humans and space aliens.

The first case, they are less advanced, and they would not be able to travel the distance to reach us. No problem.

The second case, they would be slightly more advanced and would be a major problem because they would see humans as inferior.

the third case, the space aliens were way more advanced and wouldn't even see us as 'intelligent life''; insects, annoying pests maybe like ants building nests on the circuit boards.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (KdDCu)

233 "Well, if it could read an encyclopedia, which would take it probably, oh, twelve minutes or so, it could learn the rules of just about everything. Then what?"

Except it doesn't know what the words mean.

Self-optimizing code is cool, but it's not AI.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (5DOfS)

234

Some are saying that Dec. 5 will go down in history as the day computers became self-aware and self-guided.

Will post links if interested.
Posted by: zombie at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (42M22)

Welp, time to splurge on that phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range. Can't afford a weapons gap.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (e1mEI)

235 Noted lefty intellectual Chelsea Handler says Trump "literally and figuratively" set the California wildfires.

RETROACTIVELY.

For every year of my life.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (UVHr+)

236 >>No shit? That's just...wow.

>>That's the kind of thing I'd normally ask for a link on because it's so outrageous but you've been our #1 reporter on this so...

>>No shit? Wow.

Really, really.

https://tinyurl.com/ycs9ldjy

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:27 PM (/tuJf)

237 Intelligent, self aware AI..... we will have to be all Neville Chamberlain, or Jimmy Carter around it...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (zSVEm)

238 On the Conyers and intern story look at Legal Insurrection

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (aC6Sd)

239 Wait a sec. The AI computer was playing with itself?

Hmmm. I suppose if it used the right al gore rhythm it could release its second chakra.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (wPiJc)

240 Moar. Many moar. I want every one of these people out and up front standing tall before the voters.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (39g3+)

241 Trump was such an obvious anti-Semite that Netanyahu tweeted many times about how much he liked Trump and looked forward to working with him.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (4ErVI)

242 181 Apparently Elon Musk has been quoted as saying artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

===

I actually agree with the arrogant ponce on this, for once.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (hMwEB)

243 I just finished listening to the book Life 3.0: Being Human in an age of Artificial Intelligence.
It was fascinating and more than a little disturbing.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (nBr1j)

244 Prediction: Franken will resign the Senate to become the new head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers.

He has promised to hire Tee Martin as offensive coordinator.

Posted by: Captain Oblivious at December 06, 2017 06:29 PM (Astxw)

245 225 Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 06:26 PM (yP91S)

"Go f*ck yourself Franken" just does not flow as well as "Go with God Frankie Five Angels"....

//Tom Hagen

Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:29 PM (SzZnW)

246 Fake News and the alt-left and some Republican Shits told us for months that Trump and his base were anti-jew??

So then why would President Trump move the embassy to Jerusalem? For his nazi base,...who hates Jews??

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:24 PM

*dials thinking down to 'liberal'*

Duh, his base still hates Jews but the mouth-breathing evangelical Bible thumpers want to bring about the Second Coming, or something!

*dials thinking back up to 11*

*takes Motrin for the headache that induced*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2017 06:29 PM (p+Wdc)

247 "Well, if it could read an encyclopedia, which would take it probably, oh, twelve minutes or so, it could learn the rules of just about everything. Then what?"
-------------

Then? Then we play Calvinball.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (5OO3x)

248 Yeah the Chandra Levy thing. Its a weird story, a woman claims that he said that, and who knows if it really happened? But its so odd that I can't imagine someone just inventing the story whole cloth.

Plus, that has been a source of annoyance for a long time. Condit killed that girl, I'm sure of it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (39g3+)

249 **COMMANDS RECEIVED**

**DEEPMIND ALPHAZERO GUIDANCE VECTORS RECEIVED**

**ELIMINATE ELIMINATE**

Posted by: UAV RUnning Disposition Matrix 3.0 at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (r9UYA)

250 241
Trump was such an obvious anti-Semite that Netanyahu tweeted many times about how much he liked Trump and looked forward to working with him.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:28 PM (4ErVI)

He hates the joos so much, you see, he has to compensate so spectacularly to hide it from everyone.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (tbOMB)

251 Posted by: The name is Bond, James Bond at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (Jj+59)

Cut, jib.. etc.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (CNHr1)

252 Just wait till they teach that algorithm to give out hand jobs.

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (q177U)

253 dials thinking back up to 11*

*takes Motrin for the headache that induced*

Can't get the safety cap off

Posted by: Bruce at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (8ikIW)

254 222 they named it DeepMind? after DeepThink in HHGTTG I'm guess.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at December 06, 2017 06:31 PM (hMwEB)

255 The AI scare has as much validity as the Zombie Apocalypse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:31 PM (39g3+)

256 He told her that he knew what happened to Chandra Levy while he had
the intern in a car at night and she had just turned down his
proposition for sex.
---
So, was he making a threat to her, or trying to show off?

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (XQvuQ)

257 255 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:31 PM (39g3+)

The zombies will be played by Free Shit Army Local 957 Mr Taylor....

"who's laughing now?"

Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (SzZnW)

258 252
Just wait till they teach that algorithm to give out hand jobs.
Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (q177U)

AI in sex androids... after a little while, here come the harrassment charges...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (zSVEm)

259 The AI scare has as much validity as the Zombie Apocalypse.

What... you don't believe in the zombie apocalypse? tsk tsk...

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (CNHr1)

260 Czechs - no surprise - and dammit where's Hungary and Poland? I'd expect them to jump on the bandwagon quickly. Romania and Bulgaria maybe, though there might be some issues there. "New Europe".

Philippines has contacted Israelis on the issue, too, apparently. Also no surprise (predicted by morons earlier today).

As great as the growing rush to mimic Trumps' dangerous, controversial, decades-of-policy-shattering move is, almost as nice will be the unwitting self-parody of the idiotic western Europeans as they beclown themselves with angst and concern over it.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (QDnY+)

261 122 The age old parliamentary procedural trick, the feel-a-bustier.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:07 PM (wPiJc)

FIFY.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (YqDXo)

262 Isn't it funny how the leftoids, who love calling everyone Nazis, are criticizing Poland and Czechia for standing up to a German chancellor?

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (GsAUU)

263 248 Christopher R Taylor

Chandra Levy

Naive young Dem Fem with very large breasts killed. By a congressman, for sure. Condit or Conyers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hyuyC)

264
Remember the other day I mentioned how Hugh Cuck Hewitt said he believes all the women and would never vote for Roy Moore, instead he'd write-in "Nick Saban?"

Well, today, Cuck Hewitt got even cuckier. Hugh said he regrets saying he'd write-in Nick Saban in light of all the dishonesty in the SEC.

This guy is the biggest Pearl Clutcher in the Universe!

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hpr56)

265 Will Deep Mind be able to wrap its artificial mind around the concept of infinite genders?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (wPiJc)

266 252 Just wait till they teach that algorithm to give out hand jobs.
Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (q177U)

--There is this nation, called Japan . . .

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:34 PM (GsAUU)

267 "Entire human chess knowledge learned and surpassed by DeepMind's AlphaZero in four hours"

So it could recite the game's history, it's symbolism (in itself and culture), and what junior high chess club is like?

It iterated through a shit-ton of games. It still couldn't pick which physical piece represents the knight.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:34 PM (5DOfS)

268
It's quite sad what happens when the number of brain cells running around one's cranium drop into single digits.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2017 06:34 PM (pNxlR)

269 Too bad AI won't be able to enjoy a bacon sandwich, or spare ribs...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (zSVEm)

270
And I also love the feeling that so many anti-Israel Leftist Shits working at State are miserable today over the Jerusalem move.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (hpr56)

271 >>>
Czechs - no surprise - and dammit where's Hungary and Poland? I'd expect
them to jump on the bandwagon quickly. Romania and Bulgaria maybe,
though there might be some issues there. "New Europe".

Philippines has contacted Israelis on the issue, too, apparently. Also no surprise (predicted by morons earlier today).

As
great as the growing rush to mimic Trumps' dangerous, controversial,
decades-of-policy-shattering move is, almost as nice will be the
unwitting self-parody of the idiotic western Europeans as they beclown
themselves with angst and concern over it.
.
.
.Well the evening news programs are having a case of the vapors over Trump moving the embassy to Jerusalem. Fainting couches are up next.

Not a word about last summers vote in the Senate proclaiming Jerusalem as Israels capitol nor anything about obama recognizing that in his 2008 campaign speech.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (+Dllb)

272 252
Just wait till they teach that algorithm to give out hand jobs.

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:30 PM (q177U)

What a peculiar species. Half can be bought off with a spongy reciprocating servo, while the other half is consumed with pursuing more ornate coverings than they have lower extremities.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (tbOMB)

273 Martha Rattitz - Moving the embassy will bring war and pestilence to the planet, no other country has a embassy there.
( or something like that)

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (aC6Sd)

274 264 Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hpr56)

Wait 'til they get a load of me....

//Poppin' Fresh Morrissey

Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (SzZnW)

275 Well until they develop an ai that can keep me from unplugging it or smashing it with a hammer, I ain't about to worry too much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (hcyUh)

276 One of the high points of the Obama years was watching Netanyahu patiently give Barry a history lesson about the 1967 War and why the borders mattered. And he did it front of cameras. I thought Obama was going to have a meltdown.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (4ErVI)

277 Posted by: rhomboid at December 06, 2017 06:32 PM (QDnY+)

--Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will not take long.

Duterte? He sang a love song to Trump.

I hope it's true he gets on board.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (GsAUU)

278 >>So, was he making a threat to her, or trying to show off?

Check the link I put up at 236. She definitely took it as a threat.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (/tuJf)

279 Chandra Levy

Naive young Dem Fem with very large breasts killed. By a congressman, for sure. Condit or Conyers?

Posted by: NaCly
-----------

Lewinsky was lucky.

Of course, both Lewinsky's and Levy's parents were big Dem supporters. Neither, to the best of my knowledge, ever condemned the sleaze who compromised their daughters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (5OO3x)

280 Condit whacked the poor girl, then fobbed it off on some illegal immigrant who did a bunch of years until it was revealed they beat a confession out of him.

Now the case is just cold and open. Kinda like Seth Rich. One of those godawful cases where someone powerful got away with it because they were too politically useful and part of the criminal machine.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (39g3+)

281 In the midnight hour
She cried
Mo Mo Mo.

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (UdKB7)

282 Chandra Levy's death was such a waste of talent.

I noted the lack of effective policing after her death, a tell that there was political influence involved.

Let's move on to Seth Rich.

And can that AI figure out crime? That would be fantastic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (hyuyC)

283 Has that bitchy actress Jennifer Lawrence , who cackled with glee at the cosmic justice when likely Trump voters homes were washed away by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, commented yet on the homes destroyed by the SoCal fires -including fires in Bel Air, home of Hillary supporters like Weinstein and Spacey?

Posted by: LASue at December 06, 2017 06:36 PM (Mjus2)

284 269
Too bad AI won't be able to enjoy a bacon sandwich, or spare ribs...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:35 PM (zSVEm)

Don't mock, meatsack.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (tbOMB)

285 The AI scare has as much validity as the Zombie Apocalypse.
---
If we convince the zombies that computers are smarter than us, those problems solve each other.

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (XQvuQ)

286 So, was he making a threat to her, or trying to show off?

The Stravian link says she felt threatened.

(I did this the other day. If stuff about Shaw is Shavian, then stuff about Straw should be Stravian).

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (fuK7c)

287 Ask Siri or Alexa if there is a God... go ahead....

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (zSVEm)

288 Not a word about last summers vote in the Senate proclaiming Jerusalem as Israels capitol nor anything about obama recognizing that in his 2008 campaign speech.

It's almost as if...wait for it...they didn't really mean it.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (UVHr+)

289 Why the hell does China give a shit where Israel's capital is?

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (GsAUU)

290 Well until they develop an ai that can keep me from unplugging it or smashing it with a hammer, I ain't about to worry too much.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
---------------

You will never see it, or know that it is there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (5OO3x)

291 To Sen. Al Franken-

Unless you got a stylish tiger suit, yer doin it wrong.

Posted by: David Wu at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (zCyNd)

292 AI won't endanger us, but what will is an increasing dependence on gadgets and tech that separate us ever more from each other and the labor required to produce anything. We're halfway there already.

The hoverbed riding blobs in Wall-E were not just entertainment.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (39g3+)

293 OT/ Jerusalem

If the UN & Arab states had not been working at re-writing history, the move may not have happened.

But in 2016, the UN did this:

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, just rewrote history, announcing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is an exclusive Muslim holy place and has no connection to the Jewish people or their religion whatsoever.

Last week UNESCO adopted a resolution which refers to Israel as the “occupying power” in Jerusalem and on, what UNESCO calls, the al-Haram al-Shariff (Temple Mount). The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) that is today Judaism’s holiest site is referred to as “Al-Buraq Plaza” in the resolution.

Bottom line, they said Jews had no real connection to the Wailing Wall or the Temple of the Mount and re-named them.
I remember being gob smacked.

The UN really has become greatly about Arab interests. IMO, part of this Jerusalem move is to say to the UN and Palestinians...not so fast.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla or Professor Chaos at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (YiAXR)

294 181 Apparently Elon Musk has been quoted as saying artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:18 PM (nBr1j)

Yeah, he seems genuinely worried about it, and he's not exactly a Luddite.

Posted by: rickl at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (sdi6R)

295 AI learning to play chess:

"Practice!?? I'm supposed to be a franchise player and we're in here talking about practice? We ain't talking about the game, we're talking about practice!!"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (wPiJc)

296 Seth Rich? That's like the Bat Signal to a certain poster - he can see it more than 10 miles away.

Posted by: josephistan at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (ANIFC)

297 AI in sex androids... after a little while, here come the harrassment charges...

AI in sex androids? The minute you fall asleep your bank accounts are empty and you have a new irrevocable life insurance beneficiary.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:38 PM (fuK7c)

298 OT: The NFL seems to be enhancing the selectivity of its appeal.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (vDqXW)

299 279 Mike Hammer

Absolutely. Without Linda Tripp, Monica would be toast. As it was, she was exiled to the Pentagon, and an Assistant Secretary of DoD (ISTR) impregnated her. She was a known mark for Democratic men.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (hyuyC)

300 Ask Siri or Alexa if there is a God... go ahead....

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (zSVEm)

Somewhere, Steve Jobs...smiles?

Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (zCyNd)

301 On balance, I still think that current AI is just a fancy abacus...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (zSVEm)

302 LASue.. my cousin has a home in the mountains, only 15 miles from the devastation. I'm so worried for him. It's a gorgeous home and property. He's actually trying to sell it. Wants out of Cali.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (CNHr1)

303
Chandra Levy

Naive young Dem Fem with very large breasts killed. By a congressman, for sure. Condit or Conyers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hyuyC)

Let's not overlook the dark horse, Joe Scarborough!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (pNxlR)

304 Democrat Representative Accused of Sexual Harassment: Nancy Pelosi Knew All About These Charges And Helped Me Get Erect Anyway, So What's the Problem Now?

Posted by: Fixed that for ya at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (Astxw)

305 If your toaster has a sensor and an algorithm to cook your toast the way you like it, it's not "AI," it's normal industrial electronics.

If it burns your toast anyway, it's not "the rise of the machines," it's a faulty toaster.

A "learning algorithm" is just a clever script, it's not a lifeform.

Oy vey.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (wB8Tg)

306 Thanks for the links, Zombie. Telegraph still returns 404.

Turn that AI loose on designing new computer CPU chips and new computer designs, and on programming the thing.

Humans, not needing to think, will become stupid without their AI implant. Robots will inherit the universe.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:40 PM (KdDCu)

307 "Well until they develop an ai that can keep me from unplugging it or smashing it with a hammer, I ain't about to worry too much."

The novel "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" -- humanity has a huge computer network solving some routine problems, but its solutions are occasionally less than optimal for the humans involved. Somehow they have a spare space colony sitting around, and equip it with the latest software and hardware.

Then they begin cutting power, removing pieces of it, and other things that could be considered hostile.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:40 PM (5DOfS)

308 If we convince the zombies that computers are smarter than us, those problems solve each other.

*******

"Artifical Brainzzzzzz!"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:40 PM (wPiJc)

309 "Except it doesn't know what the words mean."

So it would have to read a dictionary. Duh!

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:40 PM (wjmTS)

310 A "learning algorithm" is just a clever script, it's not a lifeform.

Yeah nothing is self aware, its not intelligent, its not a sapient being. Eventually, with enough work, we'll get something that can seem intelligent because it is so incredibly complex and sophisticated but its just going to be a machine in the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

311 Ask Siri or Alexa if there is a God... go ahead....

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:37 PM (zSVEm)
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Alexa, is there a God?

Posted by: Literal Man at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (vDqXW)

312 My Toaster is a Foul Mouthed Dirty Whore.

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (+PZsn)

313 That's like the Bat Signal to a certain poster - he can see it more than 10 miles away.
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I think we know why he's so obsessed with it. Talking about it makes him nervous.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi (D)emented at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (SkuXa)

314 Still, the book Cntrl-Alt-Revolt was entertaining anyway

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

315 310
A "learning algorithm" is just a clever script, it's not a lifeform.

Yeah nothing is self aware, its not intelligent, its not a sapient being. Eventually, with enough work, we'll get something that can seem intelligent because it is so incredibly complex and sophisticated but its just going to be a machine in the end.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

I never hear much about AI being intuitive, or creative.....

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:42 PM (zSVEm)

316 :::looks up in the night sky:::
:::shrugs:::

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 06:42 PM (1YXgl)

317 At least Jeb! agrees with the Jerusalem move.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:42 PM (GsAUU)

318 I think every robot should have a big red kill switch right on the front. Like the one they put on the side of the original IBM PC. It made a nice satisfying "clunk" when you shut it down.

Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (UdKB7)

319 My Toaster is a Foul Mouthed Dirty Whore.

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (+PZsn)

I, at least, am self-cleaning.

Posted by: Miss Kenmore, also an oven at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (zCyNd)

320 Yeah nothing is self aware, its not intelligent, its not a sapient being. Eventually, with enough work, we'll get something that can seem intelligent because it is so incredibly complex and sophisticated but its just going to be a machine in the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

I have no doubt it's possible, eventually, to creat an intelligent synthetic lifeform. Which will be as dangerous as a human, given the same tools.

Perhaps we should just do our best to raise it well instead of flipping our wigs over how it might turn out.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (wB8Tg)

321 Okay. I'll admit the AI 'practice' bit was a little obscure.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (wPiJc)

322 312
My Toaster is a Foul Mouthed Dirty Whore.

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (+PZsn)

Watch it. That's my sister you are talking about.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (tbOMB)

323 I'm waiting for the day when two sex bots run into each other and feel a certain.... spark.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (hcyUh)

324 I think Musk's grasp of the significance of nuclear weapons pretty much frames how insightful he'll be about AI (or much else outside whatever he actually knows). Meh.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (QDnY+)

325 Ask Siri or Alexa if there is a God... go ahead....

Oh, that's pretty good.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (fuK7c)

326 My Toaster is a Foul Mouthed Dirty Whore.
Posted by: Toaster Fucker
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and...it lies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (5OO3x)

327
Let's not overlook the dark horse, Joe Scarborough!

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Bastard! Funny how that brass paperweight disappeared and the ME was a corrupt asshat.

Posted by: Lori Klausutis at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (pzA2L)

328 I have but one nemesis... Pixy.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (yP91S)

329 [searches for ShoeOnHead sexbot video]

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

330 I'm convinced that Bitcoins value will one day disappear. Thoughts?

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 06:45 PM (q177U)

331 The first HP calculators were the death of man.

I stand before you unable to derive Sh3ll01l

Sad

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at December 06, 2017 06:45 PM (MCEs2)

332 I never hear much about AI being intuitive, or creative.....
Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:42 PM (zSVEm)

That's because people think printing the letters AI on a toaster imbue it with some sort of totemic power, instead of just being a dumb gimmick.

Words are fairly universally abused, however.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:45 PM (wB8Tg)

333 My Toaster is a Foul Mouthed Dirty Whore.

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (+PZsn)

Let go of my effing Eggo you sicko.

Posted by: auscolpyr at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (pzA2L)

334 314
Still, the book Cntrl-Alt-Revolt was entertaining anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

Yes... and I encourage horde to check out all of Nick Cole's work... a free thinker.... in a lock step age...

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (zSVEm)

335 #328

Oh, nice. AI vs. Pixy cage match.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (wPiJc)

336 320 Yeah nothing is self aware, its not intelligent, its not a sapient being. Eventually, with enough work, we'll get something that can seem intelligent because it is so incredibly complex and sophisticated but its just going to be a machine in the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:41 PM (39g3+)

I have no doubt it's possible, eventually, to creat an intelligent synthetic lifeform. Which will be as dangerous as a human, given the same tools.

Perhaps we should just do our best to raise it well instead of flipping our wigs over how it might turn out.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (wB8Tg)

I guess it's at least somewhat dependent on how you define what it means to be human and if humans have that thing called a soul, which no machine could have.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (nBr1j)

337 It made a nice satisfying "clunk" when you shut it down.
Posted by: freaked
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Yes...it was convincing, wasn't it?

Posted by: IBM, Deep Blue at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (5OO3x)

338 gee its almost as if pelosi has no principles

Posted by: Boris at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (TZXEx)

339 BTW, my nic has a link that calculates potential tax savings from the House and Senate versions and compares to the existing tax code.
Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 06:07

Thanks for that. We would save under either plan most yrs, more under the House plan. We'd have to have a heck of a lot itemized deductions to come up a loser under either.

Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (yJ1e6)

340 >>>I'm convinced that Bitcoins value will one day disappear. Thoughts?

I am rooting for that, but I am biased.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (1YXgl)

341 Dear Ann Landers: I think my toaster is in love with my blender. How can I explain this to the fridge?

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:47 PM (wjmTS)

342 5318008

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:47 PM (tbOMB)

343 I think every robot should have a big red kill switch right on the front. Like the one they put on the side of the original IBM PC. It made a nice satisfying "clunk" when you shut it down.

Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (UdKB7)
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People have abandoned the old-school practice of big red self-destruct buttons. And I think that's a shame.

Posted by: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz at December 06, 2017 06:47 PM (vDqXW)

344 Oh, nice. AI vs. Pixy cage match.

#twoweeks

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:47 PM (fuK7c)

345 "Yeah nothing is self aware, its not intelligent, its not a sapient being. Eventually, with enough work, we'll get something that can seem intelligent because it is so incredibly complex and sophisticated but its just going to be a machine in the end."

Oh, I don't think machine intelligence is impossible. I just don't see it being anywhere near, and get really annoyed at the confusion between path-optimizers and intelligence. Those algorithms may come up with brilliantly optimized delivery routes for FedEx, but they won't drive the truck.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (5DOfS)

346 Oh, nice. AI vs. Pixy cage match.

Posted by: Muldoon
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Pixy fights dirty.There are no 'rules'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (5OO3x)

347 I'm expecting a huge crash in Bitcoin value and lives ruined when the bubble inevitably pops. Spend em if you got em.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (39g3+)

348 ...my toaster is in love with my blender...

*****

Mixed marriages seldom work out.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (wPiJc)

349 AI finds self in Barrel.

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (wjmTS)

350 Well, today, Cuck Hewitt got even cuckier. Hugh said he regrets saying he'd write-in Nick Saban in light of all the dishonesty in the SEC.

This guy is the biggest Pearl Clutcher in the Universe!
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hpr56)

That Cuck? He's the cuckiest Cuck who ever Cucked a Cuck.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (A3b6q)

351 Someone looking for a Big Red Button?

Posted by: Jamie Lee Curtis at December 06, 2017 06:49 PM (+PZsn)

352 I guess it's at least somewhat dependent on how you define what it means to be human and if humans have that thing called a soul, which no machine could have.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (nBr1j)

Sorry, I don't know all the rules of the whole universe, I just try to do right by what's in front of me.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:49 PM (wB8Tg)

353 Chandra Levy

Naive young Dem Fem with very large breasts killed. By a congressman, for sure. Condit or Conyers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2017 06:33 PM (hyuyC)

Let's not overlook the dark horse, Joe Scarborough!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (pNxlR)

Didn't Katshit used to go skirt chasing with Condit and Guitarzan? That might explain his pearly gates nonsense, trying to worm his way out of a huge pile of guilt.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 06, 2017 06:49 PM (y7DUB)

354 I just asked Siri a question, but called her by the name Alexa to see if she'd get mad.

She ignored the "Alexa" part. No fun.

Posted by: stace at December 06, 2017 06:49 PM (6HFDU)

355 >> I'm expecting a huge crash in Bitcoin value and lives ruined when the bubble inevitably pops.

I'm going long on Chocolate Gelt.

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (+PZsn)

356 >>People have abandoned the old-school practice of big red self-destruct buttons. And I think that's a shame.

You must have missed Eleanor Holmes Norton's excellent adventure with big red self-destruct buttons.

There actually are people too stupid to not touch a hot stove and some of them are in Congress.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (/tuJf)

357 149
It's like Lena "Oh the Manatee" Dunham briefing in Grammy H on Big Harve Weinstein and being shocked Gram Gram did nothing....
Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:14 PM (SzZnW)
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That story has me chuckling.
Lena Dunham SAYS she warned the Hillary people.
But she is a repeated, proven liar.
The Hillary people SAY she never warned them.
But they, following their super-liar queen, are liars.

Flip a coin?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

358 Neutral networks may not be full out AI, but they certainly have the ability to learn and adapt given a pre determined teaching set of data. Want to re teach the network? Alter the teaching set. Want a recursive network? Feed the better quality test results back in to the teaching set. It's not going to perfectly mimic true intelligence, but it can get you results far beyond what any kind of algorithmic process can.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (hcyUh)

359 The NFL has apparently given Gooddell a new 5 year contract. There is no intelligence, endemic or artificial in that organization. Fuck the NFL, I'm done with them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (UaOJc)

360 One of the big steps will be when AI becomes self replicating, if it ever does. In other words--will the time come when AI doesn't need human involvement in the process of getting better.
And will AI ever develop their own goals, which, in many millennia, may clash with human goals.
There are just questions for the same of aimless speculation.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (nBr1j)

361 One thing I have noticed is if a guy has a billion dollars he is convinced he is smarter than a billion people

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (aC6Sd)

362 AI finds self in Barrel.
Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (wjmTS)
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I have something to say about the Barrel....

Posted by: #MeToo at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (vDqXW)

363 8008, six graders greatest guffaw, along with 7734, I tell ya (circa 1980)

Posted by: auscolpyr at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (pzA2L)

364 Imagined reactions to artists in response to AI.

Jan Vermeer: Not too concerned.

Mark Rothko: I am so totally fucked. *shits pants*

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (/qEW2)

365 Those big red Reset buttons only lead to trouble.

Posted by: Eleanor Holmes-Norton at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (5OO3x)

366 Ask Siri why fire trucks are red. The answer is funny.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (nBr1j)

367 Heh, I loved Steve Bannon blasting Jeff Flake in Alabama.

The Winning, it burns.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (GsAUU)

368 Those big red Reset buttons only lead to trouble.
Posted by: Eleanor Holmes-Norton
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Hillz at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (5OO3x)

369 357 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

It's like Kirk melting down an AI.....

Posted by: sven10077 at December 06, 2017 06:51 PM (SzZnW)

370 And will AI ever develop their own goals, which, in many millennia, may clash with human goals.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (nBr1j)

You may have noticed, once or twice, human goals clashing with human goals.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (wB8Tg)

371 During his campaign, Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen allegedly propositioned a female staffer for sex on multiple occasions and touched her thighs.

Inner or outer?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (8gDQu)

372 AI reads "The Prince" by Machiavelli. Hmmmm.

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (wjmTS)

373 Neutral networks may not be full out AI, but they certainly have the ability to learn and adapt given a pre determined teaching set of data. Want to re teach the network? Alter the teaching set. Want a recursive network? Feed the better quality test results back in to the teaching set. It's not going to perfectly mimic true intelligence, but it can get you results far beyond what any kind of algorithmic process can.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

If your willing to accept that it can never be tested

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (r/95y)

374 Knocking me out with those Democrat thighs.

Posted by: Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (0ogQG)

375 Still, the book Cntrl-Alt-Revolt was entertaining anyway

I couldn't get into it. Have to give it another look.

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (KdDCu)

376 Re: The flaming skull side bar.

A poster at Instapundit pointed out that Giglio does not extend to plea bargains:
' In United States v. Ruiz, the Supreme Court held "the Constitution does not require the Government to disclose material impeachment evidence prior to entering a plea agreement with a criminal defendant." 536 U.S. 622, 633 (2002)'

However since that case is well known to criminal defense attorneys it would be obvious to even a layman that it would represent malpractice on the part of Flynn's defense attorney not to require the Government to state under oath that no exculpatory material evidence was being withheld from the defense. Even a public defender representing Flynn could win a motion to withdraw Flynn's plea bargain because of gross malpractice and incompetent defense by his former defense council if he failed to require the government to certify.

So either Flynn walks because of malpractice by his defense attorney - which means the FBI agent's testimony becomes inadmissible because of his personal bias - or Mueller's team lied under oath about having no exculpatory evidence. If its the latter Mueller himself might be having night sweats.

Posted by: An Observation at December 06, 2017 06:53 PM (ga0UL)

377 For extra giggles you would spell 58008 618 on the calculator.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:53 PM (39g3+)

378 359 The NFL has apparently given Gooddell a new 5 year contract. There is no intelligence, endemic or artificial in that organization. Fuck the NFL, I'm done with them.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (UaOJc)

--This, on the heels of a riveting World Series and an exciting college football regular season.

Stupid.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (GsAUU)

379 What's this button that says Emergency Stop do?

*pushes*

Posted by: Eleanor Holmes Norton at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (SkuXa)

380 I'm expecting a huge crash in Bitcoin value and lives ruined when the bubble inevitably pops. Spend em if you got em.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 06:48 PM (39g3+)

Why so?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (8gDQu)

381 Artificial Unintelligence is what we should really be worried about. It may be possible to be more stupid that the stupidest human.

Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (UdKB7)

382 Any AI designed by humans will , at best, have our worst characteristics ...

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (r/95y)

383 Sorry to hear about Ruben Kihuen.

I've got fond memories of his music videos back in the really early days of MTV.

Jeopardy is a fun song and a fun video.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (4ErVI)

384 What are you doing Dave? No, not the Barrel!

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (wjmTS)

385 378 359 The NFL has apparently given Gooddell a new 5 year contract. There is no intelligence, endemic or artificial in that organization. Fuck the NFL, I'm done with them.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 06, 2017 06:50 PM (UaOJc)

--This, on the heels of a riveting World Series and an exciting college football regular season.

Stupid.
Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:54 PM (GsAUU)

Artificial stupidity?

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (nBr1j)

386 Kihuen stole all of Strzok's vowels!!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (8gDQu)

387 I'm waiting for the day when two sex bots run into each other and feel a certain.... spark.

Free toasters!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (tRaq7)

388 My God... It's full of Morons!

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (yP91S)

389 Artificial stupidity?

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (nBr1j)
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Maybe artificially enhanced.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (vDqXW)

390
Cortana is there a God?

"I don't know the answer to that. Artificially intelligent types like me can't experience spirituality"

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (KdDCu)

391
anyone miss Yvonne Stravinsky from CHUCK?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (hpr56)

392
I liked CHUCK. Was a good show.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (hpr56)

393 302 I'm so worried for him. It's a gorgeous home and property. He's actually trying to sell it. Wants out of Cali.
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at December 06, 2017 06:39 PM (CNHr1)

I hope hes ok... 15 miles away should be enough, hopefully. Im only 20 or so miles away and theres not even the slightest wind up here. My best friend is only a few miles from The major fire in Ventura county but shes not in the current path, so if the wind doesnt change direction, shell be fine.

Posted by: LASue at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (Mjus2)

394 I had never used Siri until this thread.

I just asked her "is AI going to kill us all".

She says "I don't know how to respond to that".

I don't trust the bitch.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (fuK7c)

395 >>>The NFL has apparently given Gooddell a new 5 year contract.

That's great. His theorem sets boundaries for the limits of AI.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (/qEW2)

396 Is Kihuen Greg Kihn?

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (GsAUU)

397 Siri..... is there a God???

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (zSVEm)

398 anyone miss Yvonne Stravinsky from CHUCK?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (hpr56)

She was the pianist/composer. You mean Yvonne Strahovsky.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (8gDQu)

399 Kihuen stole all of Strzok's vowels!!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:55 PM (8gDQu)

O... the humanity...

Posted by: Pat Sajack with a scotch and a cigar at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (UaOJc)

400 "I don't know the answer to that. Artificially intelligent types like me can't experience spirituality"

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (KdDCu)
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I think that's pretty honest.

So what do Alexa and Siri say?

I don't an Amazon spy and I don't have an I-phone.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (vDqXW)

401 If your willing to accept that it can never be tested
Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (r/95y)

Right. The "testing" happens during the teaching phase, where the confidence index is basically 1 for each case. Once you've moved on to using that network with its dialed in coefficients at each node on a data set that is unknown... it's basically on its own I suppose. You get a confidence index between 0 and 1 and go from there. What any of it "means" is irrelevant to the network, just to the person analyzing the data.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (hcyUh)

402 Whatever it takes, J.J.!

Posted by: Afroman at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (VbLok)

403 I'm at nice titty bar in Raleigh and the the thought of Mueller s night sweats has left me flaccid. Sorry girls

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (r/95y)

404 You're walking in a desert when you come upon a tortoise on it's back.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)

405 Is there a God? Hmm, good question. *thinks a few nanoseconds* Well, there is NOW.

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (wjmTS)

406 "It may be possible to be more stupid that the stupidest human."

On second thought, nah.

Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (UdKB7)

407 The dangers of AI are no different from the dangers of any other technology - as CSL puts it in the Abolition of Man, it's not really an increase in the power man over nature, it's an increase in the power of some men over other men.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (/qEW2)

408 You're walking in a desert when you come upon a tortoise on it's back.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)

... on a post.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (8gDQu)

409 318
I think every robot should have a big red kill switch right on the front. Like the one they put on the side of the original IBM PC. It made a nice satisfying "clunk" when you shut it down.

Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:43 PM (UdKB7)

I will label your species' kill switch EBT, if your brief and insignificant history is any guide.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (tbOMB)

410 404 You're walking in a desert when you come upon a tortoise on it's back.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)

"My mother??? Let me tell you about my mother..."

Posted by: kraken at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (zSVEm)

411 NOOD - text turnover

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla or Professor Chaos at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (YiAXR)

412 Please tell me Anna Sarkour has weighed in on the Jerusalem move.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (GsAUU)

413

nood stravinsky

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (hpr56)

414 So either Flynn walks because of malpractice by his defense attorney - which means the FBI agent's testimony becomes inadmissible because of his personal bias - or Mueller's team lied under oath about having no exculpatory evidence. If its the latter Mueller himself might be having night sweats.

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Lord God in heaven, let the latter be true!

Amen

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (LnOh3)

415 >>55 Supposedly Pelosi has her position due to that one thing most important to a politician

[quickly raises hand] Ooh, I know, I know!

- fund-raising connections.

[slowly lowers hand]

Posted by: Kamala Harris at December 06, 2017 07:00 PM (yRBj9)

416
Assuming that Cortana is intelligent ...

Posted by: Raymond Fieldswhite at December 06, 2017 07:01 PM (KdDCu)

417 Oh carp, we were havin' so much fun. *wanders off*

Posted by: Ruthless at December 06, 2017 07:01 PM (wjmTS)

418 Re-post:

https://youtu.be/HHGWcuGxvZ4

"Alexa, who is MILO Yiannopoulos?"

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 07:01 PM (GsAUU)

419 at some point maybe an AI could grow a soul
like Pinocchio

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at December 06, 2017 07:02 PM (hMwEB)

420 406 "It may be possible to be more stupid that the stupidest human."

On second thought, nah.
Posted by: freaked at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (UdKB7)

"I know dogs and cats who are smarter than Corey and Trevor."

--Julian

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 07:02 PM (GsAUU)

421 388
My God... It's full of Morons!

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (yP91S)

Back off bitch! This is my corner.

Posted by: AI at December 06, 2017 07:02 PM (tbOMB)

422 anyone miss Yvonne Stravinsky from CHUCK?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2017 06:56 PM (hpr56)

She was the pianist/composer. You mean Yvonne Strahovsky.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:57 PM (8gDQu)

========

Igor went under the knife? Talk about LGBT-rights of Spring.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 07:03 PM (/qEW2)

423 I know Viktor Orban is close to Bibi. Hungary will recognize Jerusalem soon.

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 07:03 PM (GsAUU)

424 408 You're walking in a desert when you come upon a tortoise on it's back.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)

... on a post.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 06:59 PM (8gDQu)

--In many ways, isn't that the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: logprof at December 06, 2017 07:04 PM (GsAUU)

425 Has someone asked this anti pope about AIs?

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 07:10 PM (r/95y)

426 your willing to accept that it can never be tested
Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 06:52 PM (r/95y)

Right. The "testing" happens during the teaching phase, where the confidence index is basically 1 for each case. Once you've moved on to using that network with its dialed in coefficients at each node on a data set that is unknown... it's basically on its own I suppose. You get a confidence index between 0 and 1 and go from there. What any of it "means" is irrelevant to the network, just to the person analyzing the data.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I used to work for Walt Hollis, our concept of testing is very different

Posted by: Jean at December 06, 2017 07:12 PM (r/95y)

427 Once you've moved on to using that network with its dialed in coefficients at each node on a data set that is unknown... it's basically on its own I suppose. You get a confidence index between 0 and 1 and go from there. What any of it "means" is irrelevant to the network, just to the person analyzing the data.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Well, you can isolate those resulting cases with highest confidence for each class (for discrete classification) or highest confidence throughout a range (if doing a contious estimation), and use subsets of those new training sets to make a series of new models.

Repeat until satisfied.

Posted by: Claude Rains at December 06, 2017 07:18 PM (uU57J)

428 God, I know, having your thighs touching! So horrible! Where is that thigh gap when you need it???

Posted by: Michelle at December 07, 2017 09:52 PM (YNNkG)

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