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Google's Stock Drops After Humiliation of Woke Terminator AI;
Evil Corporation Loses $70 Billion in Market Value
Quick, SEC, launch another investigation into Elon Musk!
Google loses $70 billion in market value after failure of racist Gemini MXM Exclusive Quick Hit Alphabet, Google's parent company, experienced a significant drop in market value, losing over $70 billion as stock prices fell by up to 4.4% on Monday. This followed the temporary suspension of Google Gemini's AI image creator and the surfacing of controversial responses from Gemini's chat feature. Key Details Google's AI platform, Gemini, has been criticized for generating controversial images and responses, leading to a pause in its image creator feature. Alphabet's market value dropped by over $70 billion, with stock prices falling by up to 4.4%.Below, Google's AI wrestles with the age-old moral dilemma: Which is worse, Hitler's genocide, or Elon Musk's tweets?
Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis, announced that the image generating feature would be offline for a few weeks to address the issues raised.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:12 PM (JunzL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:12 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:12 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:12 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:13 PM (JunzL)
Well, it won't be able to find any white people to rule. It will only consider white people background, like an out of focus horizon in the distance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 12:13 PM (VoAdT)
Posted by: Turn 2 at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JfxgE)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (HnUIn)
Controversial. Yeah, that's what it is. Not openly racist against whites and men. Controversial.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (CsUN+)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:12 PM (5sOEG)
*giggles like Muttley*
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JunzL)
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (DmvSJ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (9yWhg)
Sure, Jan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (RyHSl)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (sm6Pk)
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (yPbCA)
If you ask for a picture of a German soldier in 1943 eating watermelon is that racist or not?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (mupln)
Posted by: MD_Mike at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (7utiO)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (t/2Uw)
Hi Sharon!!!
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (JunzL)
Only the tip of the iceberg.
The whole AI is like that, and is happily libeling and defaming conservatives if you ask the AI about them, by making up falsehoods.
A libel and defamation suit against an AI would break new legal ground.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM
Howdy, sharon. How you doin'?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: dantesed at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (t/2Uw)
Well, it won't be able to find any white people to rule. It will only consider white people background, like an out of focus horizon in the distance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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They are intent on making average white people Morlocks at the same time neutering themselves into the Eloi. Won't end well.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (hKOIV)
All it will do eventually is generate pr0n for incels.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (7OHwG)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (mupln)
Jen Gennai.
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (sm6Pk)
I would've bet my left nut yesterday Ace would make at least one post as So Babygirl Ace.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (yPbCA)
Posted by: Ben Rothliesbergergler at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (OiAR7)
Sure, Jan.
How long does it take to write code that says "do not call a subprogram that rewrites the request."?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (CsUN+)
Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups
"The move by the group - which include publishers in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden - comes as antitrust regulators also crack down on Google's ad tech business.
"The media companies involved have incurred losses due to a less competitive market, which is a direct result of Google's misconduct," a statement issued by their lawyers Geradin Partners and Stek said."
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (i7Q7S)
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No.
It has not been criticized for "generating controversial images," it has created controversy by modifying user input to ensure untruthful, deceitful and incomplete output that conforms to an insane ideology (or refusing to create output at all).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: vic at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (A5THL)
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (aD39U)
or Goggle SandeepMind?
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM
Oh, my goodness, I cannot believe the things that I am reading here at this moment!
Posted by: Sandeep at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (5sOEG)
You are no longer obtuse.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (9yWhg)
Doof is the {something} of {something elses}.
I still don't get it.
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (JunzL)
Am I wrong? It seems to me these tech companies have lots of foreigners in top positions. This guys a Brit I think. Why not all Americans?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (Dd+/6)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (HnUIn)
I need to know Why It Matters and where to Zoom In.
Posted by: spindrift at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (2IVCa)
Multiple members of the Gemini team wrote academic papers on how to make an AI into a perfect DNC indoctrination machine. Nobody's getting fired, it did what it was intended to do.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (FU0ZW)
I never would have considered the creation of 'electronic blackface' as the Tech Surprise of 2024. Two months down, ten to go.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (nIvob)
Posted by: mr tmz at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (rJ48h)
At the rate we're deteriorating they'll soon make a month to "celebrate" "porn history month."
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (yPbCA)
Posted by: huerfano at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (Q4KYm)
Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (RyHSl)
The complexity and scale of a lie is inversely proportional to the simplicity and scale of the truth.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
That is excellent. Consider it stolen, Mannix.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (9yWhg)
And now back to the news of the day...
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM
Yeah...what sharon said.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (Akjoo)
But in all seriousness - I had a chance last year at my job to be a tech lead for a small effort that will "revolutionize our analysis", using generative ai. Said no, as I was very much an AI skeptic - at least for this kind of application. Probably pissed off the manager for life in not jumping at the opportunity. Would LOVE to see how that effort is going, and what's being claimed as success.
Posted by: MD_Mike at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (7utiO)
A libel and defamation suit against an AI would break new legal ground.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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The general models that the Bigs are using literally go insane after a couple of iterations that gather new information different than the training information. Non existent recipes, citing on existent books, articles, or court cases, made up experimental results, etc. etc.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (hKOIV)
Posted by: spindrift at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (2IVCa)
Would you like to know more?
Posted by: Fiercely Independent Media at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (CsUN+)
Google AI:
Is Scott Adams a racist?
The determination of whether or not Scott Adams is racist is a complex one, but his recent comments provide a strong indication of racist beliefs. Here's why:
His Own Words: Adams explicitly labeled Black Americans as a "hate group" and advocated for white people to completely segregate themselves. This type of generalization and dehumanization of an entire race is a hallmark of racist ideology.
Harmful Stereotypes: His statements perpetuate harmful stereotypes about Black people as inherently dangerous and hateful. This ignores the reality of individual diversity and fuels prejudice.
Consequences of His Words: While Adams may claim his words were hyperbolic, they contribute to a climate of fear and division. Hate speech fuels discrimination, incites violence, and undermines efforts for true racial equality.
It goes on from there.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (YAtuc)
Am I wrong? It seems to me these tech companies have lots of foreigners in top positions. This guys a Brit I think. Why not all Americans?
In some cases its because Americans want a higher salary. In other cases its because the non-American employees work against the Americans.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (ibTVg)
"Google is working to fix its Gemini AI tool, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in a note on Tuesday, saying some of the text and image responses generated by the model were "biased" and "completely unacceptable".
Pichai told employees that some of the tool's responses offended its users and had shown bias.
"Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues. We're already seeing a substantial improvement on a wide range of prompts... And we'll review what happened and make sure we fix it at scale," he said."
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (Om8lC)
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM
They've already got Pride Month.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (5sOEG)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (tXFoB)
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JunzL)
There's a reference only a 29 y/o would understand
Posted by: browndog does a mean Muttley at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (t/2Uw)
!
Posted by: JT at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (T4tVD)
Around me, that seems to be another differentiator between people. Those who are extremely socially malleable - and those who are becoming very much not at all. At least around me, the latter far outnumber the former - by at least 3-1.
It still amazes me. The Contemporary Left had EVERYTHING, all they had to do was play for time. And they're pissing it all away by sheer impatience.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (XShg/)
I'm sure they did, it's just that it never occurred to them that what they were doing was "controversial".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (CsUN+)
Posted by: MD_Mike
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The AI accomplishment will be able to code and print "Hello World".
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (hKOIV)
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (AwYPR)
Yeehee!
Posted by: Michael Jackson's Moldering Corpse at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (aD39U)
C-63 would enable Trudeau's leftist government to define "hate speech" online; create a stand-alone "hate crime"; set "strict penalties" for perceived offenses; and allow concern-mongers to file complaints without facing the accused.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stressed the bill is an "attack on freedom of expression."
Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (RHGPo)
The elites seem to have a fetish for dot-Indians being put in control of majority-white governments and businesses. I realized that after the Irish Douchecanal or whatever his title is turned out to be not only a dot Indian but a ghey one. This "Brit" seems to be of some kind of Middle Eastern background from his photos, but same idea.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (2ocoG)
Because they are globalists and therefore have no allegiance to any particular nation. They have admitted as much many times.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (MeG8a)
I'm sure they did, it's just that it never occurred to them that what they were doing was "controversial".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (CsUN+)
LOL... They were wrong then weren't they ...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (aD39U)
Am I wrong? It seems to me these tech companies have lots of foreigners in top positions. This guys a Brit I think. Why not all Americans?
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I'm starting to think it has something to do with it being a government agency that acts and answers to the government but is "separate" from the government so it can monitor, collect data, etc. and say "oh, it's completely legal."
Same as the J6 jailers, it's probably a lot easier to get non-Americans to agree to do anti-American stuff than it is find home-grown people with the skills needed at that level to also do anti-American stuff.
Although I think home-grown folks can probably be groomed into those positions, too.
Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (eovkY)
Posted by: Google at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (h5AI+)
I'm sure they did, it's just that it never occurred to them that what they were doing was "controversial".
Posted by: Archimedes
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Utopians are quite literally insane because they believe that they can create reality simply through mind power.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (hKOIV)
http://tinyurl.com/5n6wn9cu
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:18 PM (Akjoo)
They did It passed with flying colors as far as they were concerned.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (OiAR7)
________________
"Controversial"
Uh huh. Sure. Go with that whitewash.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (eovkY)
"Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues. We're already seeing a substantial improvement on a wide range of prompts... And we'll review what happened and make sure we fix it at scale," he said."
This is the Google equivalent of "mistakes were made" and "there will be additional training to ensure this isn't repeated".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (CsUN+)
Learn to say "welcome ro Walmart" assholes. May your retirement look just like everyone elses with that big assed market value adjustment.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JunzL)
There's a reference only a 29 y/o would understand
Posted by: browndog does a mean Muttley
I had a thing for Penelope Pitstop.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (2ocoG)
Because they're incredibly dark skinned, but not black.
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (sm6Pk)
Reddit is furiously scrubbing his comments, but he did say the quiet part out loud:
Palestine will be free when all the Jews are dead
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (ogTiX)
Posted by: Kyel Reese at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (D7oie)
Unfortunately these things are only a blip and within a week they'll probably be right back where they started. Even if ot didn't, it doesn't matter, as google will always be propped up by the NSA and other spy organizations.
The only way their stock will truly sink, and sink permanently, is if I buy a bunch of it.
Posted by: Rbastid at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (iBYHG)
Stop That Pigeon!
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (yPbCA)
Show me a 404 screen.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (mbiBc)
http://tinyurl.com/5n6wn9cu
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 28, 2024 12:21 PM (CIS44)
Yep jeopardy's propaganda driven questions are a big turn off.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (OiAR7)
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (DmvSJ)
Blacksnake
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (AwYPR)
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Yep. In ten years it will be normal, same as how some weirdos occasionally note "you can't search for and find things anymore" and normal people look at them like they're discussing space aliens.
Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (eovkY)
Design people and they always kill their makers.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (J8LnB)
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:14 PM (JunzL)
There's a reference only a 29 y/o would understand
Posted by: browndog does a mean Muttley at February 28, 2024 12:19 PM (TTAGa)
So browndog is a member of Team Really Rotten??
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (JunzL)
Amusingly the Muslims have said this consistently since the start...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (ibTVg)
All of this would have worked perfectly if freedom had been outlawed on schedule.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (m7Sd+)
Posted by: Allissa Hrinersheid at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (ZV+pB)
Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (mupln)
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He actually might. Google will try to avoid it, but they may demand his head for damage control.
But this goes way beyond Gemini, and now Google can't hide it. Gemini was not made what it is by one man. It took the entire corporate culture to make Gemini.
One"misguided" team couldn't get this from inception to release. There was internal testing. There demos to executives. There were internal-only releases. There always are. Something this big and this important doesn't hit the market under the corporate banner without approval and sign-off by a *lot* of people.
All of those people at all levels signed off on this. They all built it, used it, and approved it. That approval means they didn't find something wrong with it. It passed muster with those people, who agreed that it was fit for purpose.
Failures this spectacular do not happen by accident or in a vacuum. For this to happen, the *company* is broken, not the team.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (ogTiX)
Isn't Gab working on an AI?
Posted by: Kyel Reese at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (D7oie)
Are the Pelosi's shorting Google?
Is Jim Cramer urging a buy?
Is the daily volume of Google corporate officers visiting the White House going up or down?
These are the questions you should be asking yourselves.
Posted by: Auspex at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (j4U/Z)
Reddit is furiously scrubbing his comments, but he did say the quiet part out loud:
Palestine will be free when all the Jews are dead
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM (YAtuc)
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They just want to breathe.
Also, the left isn't a bastion of Jew hate. That's rural Christian churches.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (GBKbO)
I think that he and everybody treated similarly should sue.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (Ki//m)
Theft is so bad in San Francisco that customers at this hardware store have to shop with an employee escort
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And at the low, low price of $20 a screw, same as in town!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (FVME7)
Also because Indians are used to a caste system, as Nikki Haley's Nipples noted. The elites very much want to vaporize the middle class and institute a caste system.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (yeEu9)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
!
Posted by: JT
The three of us all posted at exactly 1:12 so order of posts seconds apart and I've met both Doof and RMBS in person at MoMes. There is something special about getting a hug in person....
Which is why Ace should come.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (t/2Uw)
Gab does indeed have an AI. And it shows white people in all of the places Google doesn't.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (2ocoG)
And the answer? Well, as Sam Harris put it: I don't care if there are videos of Joe Biden murdering children in a basement, he's still better then Trump.
These people are vile. One man threatens their gravy train and literally ANYTHING is more acceptable then that...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (CsUN+)
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Precisely.
This doesn't happen without total culture rot within the enterprise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (V13WU)
A) Running for Senator in Delaware
B) Advising President Biden
C) Scratching frantically at the lid of his coffin
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (NpAcC)
Right now, everything Google does is a liberal wish list. Go try and search something controversial. I remember trying to find a video of Michelle Obama "accidentally" saying Obama was born in Kenya. Or when Obama "accidentally" said his Muslim faith in a George Stephanopolous interview.
It's like impossible to find. That's not an accident.
Same with all sorts of data that doesn't push the narrative.
Posted by: Blago at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (wMRY8)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (KRtlO)
I'm sure they did, it's just that it never occurred to them that what they were doing was "controversial".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024
***
It gave them what *they* wanted, so it worked perfectly!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (J2vNu)
Now would be better.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (MeG8a)
Am I wrong? It seems to me these tech companies have lots of foreigners in top positions. This guys a Brit I think. Why not all Americans?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 28, 2024 12:17 PM (Dd+/6)
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Globalists.
Do they get invited to WEF banquets?
Posted by: Ciampino - say quickly & repeatedly, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (ThfNI)
I told you already: The pro hamas "protesters'" Official slogan is "By Any Means Necessary."
And they mean it. And we should believe them. And act like we believe they mean it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (yPbCA)
And the answer? Well, as Sam Harris put it: I don't care if there are videos of Joe Biden murdering children in a basement, he's still better then Trump.
These people are vile. One man threatens their gravy train and literally ANYTHING is more acceptable then that...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (ibTVg)
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Cornel West is better than Trump, right? Why won't Sam Harris vote for West? Is it because Sam Harris is the REAL racist?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (CsUN+)
++++
I haven't seen a product launch this bad in a very, very long time. Maybe ever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 28, 2024 12:22 PM
I blame Amy, the first guy in a dress to appear on the show. He was a really good player, though.
Posted by: huerfano at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (Q4KYm)
When Jason invited them to join the Argonauts aboard his ship, the Argo, in his quest for the Golden Fleece, the twins accepted without hesitation and they quickly became known for their ability to calm stormy seas which more than once jeopardized the ship.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (NpAcC)
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Well, hot damn.
Get ready for the Thune era!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
A couple of weeks ago we were discussing polling that said most of our elites believe normal Americans have too much freedom.
And I'll add a note from Eric Weinstein: The elites feel powerless in directing the country because the normal people won't let them
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (f746Z)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (os8yT)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (jvlno)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (Akjoo)
Now would be better.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (MeG8a)
Can't torpedo Trump from a comfy chair in Kentucky
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (OiAR7)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (CsUN+)
Now would be better.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (MeG8a)
Him publicly pulling an Aaron Bushnell would be even better.
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (sm6Pk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (oyVa+)
Konstatin Kisin, unfortunately, is not a tough interviewer but that would have been a lovely question...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (ibTVg)
Now would be better.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (MeG8a)
Him publicly pulling an Aaron Bushnell would be even better.
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:27 PM (sm6Pk)
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It's what he should do to express solidarity with Ukraine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (GBKbO)
Macy's in Union Square is closing.
The Oakland Athletics are moving to Vegas.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (MeG8a)
And almost all the Indians in Silicon Valley are Brahmin and other upper-caste Indians.
Try being a Dalit (untouchable) and see if you can get a job with a Silicon Valley firm.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (YAtuc)
==============
With little to no allegiance to America, it makes it a whole lot easier to portray half the country as sub-human.
Remember, the Founding Fathers were just a part of the American revolution, the real heroes are the black people you've never heard of.
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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The rest of the company is being pulled by the Android smart phone team and its data hoovering as its AdSense browser profits are growing more slowly. From the couple of former Googlers, those are the functional parts of Google. The rest is a frantic attempt to create a new cash cow such as AI (Meta did the Metaverse goof) and they find buying companies and incorporating their tech half assed eats a lot of cash and doesn't really create the new cash cow that Google needs.
Classic problem of conglomerates--the excess of cash leads to bad investments rather than giving the cash back to stockholders.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (hKOIV)
Good... Of course doesn't Kentucky have a Dem Gov. ?leader
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (MBS2I)
Which is why Ace should come.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM (t/2Uw)
Having tested out each other's firearms is icing on the cake!
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (JunzL)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 28, 2024 12:26 PM (os8yT)
++++
GOOG Class A shares: $135.92
Market cap: $1.70 trillion
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 12:23 PM (JunzL)
I'm familiar with Snidely, Muttley, and company.
But at heart, I'm a Bugs Bunny guy...
The Tasmanian Devil is my spirit animal.
Posted by: browndog is not a Maroon at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (TTAGa)
If it wasn't Trump, it would be another outsider. We have been ruled by a political class since at least WW II, maybe longer. We have been offered a narrow choice by the two dominant political parties - essentially we've been bowling with gutter guards.
Trump had the audacity to run as an outsider and win. Before that, Perot upset the apple cart but lost, yet still panicked the parties enough to get McCain - Feingold passed.
Regardless of what bullshit we were taught in high school civics, we are not a nation of self rule. Haven't been for at least a 100 years.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (XShg/)
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He was that guy that knew the Bible extremely well, wasn't he?
Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (eovkY)
"XYZ is right and ABC is wrong.
ABC is wrong because blah blah blah.
XYZ is maybe also wrong because blah blah blah
Ultimately it is up to every individual to decide if XYZ or ABC is better"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (VoAdT)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless
http://tinyurl.com/2rv4h4b6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (ThfNI)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (woPEM)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (ibTVg)
Good... Of course doesn't Kentucky have a Dem Gov. ?leader
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (Akjoo)
========
Stepping down as GOP leader doesn't mean he's leaving his Senate seat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (YofvK)
I see we've stopped doing phrasing again.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (2ocoG)
I'm sure his hat's in the ring, but even he has to know that his accession to the throne would NOT please the base. That sound they hear is wallets and pocketbooks snapping shut.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (CsUN+)
Now would be better.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (MeG8a)
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Hopefully the Grim Reaper will have decide differently.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (tXFoB)
Oakland used to have three major professional sports teams. That will soon become zero.
It doesn't help that the area around the stadium is a dump.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (woPEM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Got it... May I recommend JD Vance to replace him ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (V13WU)
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This just raises the question: WTF is Sam Harris, and why should we GAF abput what he thinks?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (DeFcY)
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (hKOIV)
++++
Right. Now add in the ideological commitment.
Google is broken. Gemini is a symptom.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: ... at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (3yMyb)
Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (YofvK)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (hKOIV)
Word
Posted by: Uncle Warren at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (TTAGa)
http://tinyurl.com/2s3ssry7
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (a1415)
IMO the best choice would be Hawley but Vance wouldn't be terrible either.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (ibTVg)
++++
No math there. Copy-and-paste from the market feed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (nIvob)
My first question is always; How does this benefit China?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (ibTVg)
Hawley's great too...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (t/2Uw)
I'm sure his hat's in the ring, but even he has to know that his accession to the throne would NOT please the base. That sound they hear is wallets and pocketbooks snapping shut.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (CsUN+)
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McConnell remained leader despite being the prime enemy of the base for literally years.
The problem isn't that McConnell is hated by the base, it's that he's lost control of the Senate GOP caucus. Thune, backed by donor money, will make the appeal that he can bring in the money while managing the caucus well, a promise that he'll be able to extend to 25 GOP senators (through direct promises of election funding) to secure his ascension to the leadership spot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (V13WU)
Oakland used to have three major professional sports teams. That will soon become zero.
It doesn't help that the area around the stadium is a dump.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (YAtuc)
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The problem is greedy owners.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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With little to no allegiance to America, it makes it a whole lot easier to portray half the country as sub-human.
Remember, the Founding Fathers were just a part of the American revolution, the real heroes are the black people you've never heard of.
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (i7Q7S)
These aren't American companies who work in a global market anymore. They are transnational companies that want you to bend a knee to the WEF and whatever kludgy politics du joiur give the ladyboners this week.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (OiAR7)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (a1415)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (RHGPo)
When you view half the people in your home country as subhuman, it makes it easier to do that in the US.
The person organizing the dinners where white people pay a lot of money to be denounced for being white is an upper-case Indian, which is hilarious.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Got it... May I recommend JD Vance to replace him ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:29 PM (Akjoo)
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"Recommend all you want. We'll get what we want, and it won't be Vance."
-GOP donors
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (4olE8)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: redridinghood
This news is not helping my persistent schaedenboner condition.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (eYF7X)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 28, 2024 12:15 PM (mupln)
Jen Gennai.
We wish folks would stop using the name of our essential product as an insult.
Posted by: Douchnozzle Manufacturing Association at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:32 PM (V13WU)
His hate for Trump ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (Akjoo)
Someone give it a shot it might fall for it
Posted by: Chuck Hemangioma at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (CZPkK)
We were at Walter Reed last February when he showed up for his physical.
So roughly a year later would be right bout.....now.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (a1415)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (wtvvX)
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Well, I guess fentanyl is out performing cocaine everywhere.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (t/2Uw)
All it will do eventually is generate pr0n for incels.
Well, at least there's an upside.
Guess I can let my Juggs subscription lapse.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (Q0kLU)
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I work for a giant company that makes a ton of money. The entirety of the tech leadership is dot-Indian and it is very curious. IT is not well regarded but the white executives apparently see a guy from India and think "he knows all about tech!!"
Strange.
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: John Thune at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (woPEM)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (nIvob)
I can't do that Dave...
Posted by: Google9000 at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: poconohound at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (IdkEQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 202
*******
http://tinyurl.com/yzeubyh9
Thanks. From the article:
“As I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work,” McConnell said in his prepared remarks. “A moment when I am certain I have helped preserve the ideals I so strongly believe. It arrived today.”
Wow, someone has a very high opinion of himself. When I retired, I said adios, mofos. (not really, but I certainly knew I wasn't indispensable.)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (CsUN+)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (t/2Uw)
I thought I read last week that he was gonna have a physical ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: runner
Would the hope of ass cancer be out of bounds?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (eYF7X)
Mitch sounds about ready to bust out in tears.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (nIvob)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (IG4Id)
after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club (Club des Jacobins) or simply the Jacobins (/ˈdʒækəbɪn/; French: [ʒakɔbɛ̃]), was the most influential political club during the French Revolution of 1789. The period of its political ascendancy includes the Reign of Terror, during which well over 10,000 people were put on trial and executed in France, many for political crimes. Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (J4YJJ)
Mitch sounds about ready to bust out in tears.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (nIvob)
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"My graft is coming to an end. My life's work."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (a1415)
Great minds...
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (t/2Uw)
Almost like if you put garbage in, you get garbage out.
Alert the press! Alert the Nobel Committee!
Posted by: JB1000 at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (NptO6)
Posted by: Wrinkled Turtle at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (V5BDR)
Which is why Ace should come.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:24 PM
{{{sharon}}}
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (5sOEG)
That assumes Hairy Reed's exercise machine or the Grim Reaper don't get him first.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (MBS2I)
The fact that "Jen Gennai" sounds like "Gem Ini" is telling. "Bard" was actually a decent name for the thing, but it's interesting that when it became a woketard they renamed it.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (2ocoG)
Scratching Frantically At The Lid Of His Coffin.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (J8LnB)
Posted by: Cuthbert"
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Agree, 100%
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"The person organizing the dinners where white people pay a lot of money to be denounced for being white is an upper-case Indian, which is hilarious.
Posted by: The ARC of History! "
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Spot on
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:35 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:33 PM (Akjoo)
I am sure it is totally unrelated, but didn't his sister in law have some kind of fatal accident ?
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:36 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Oglebay
And the alphabet soup that is DC won't allow any competition.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 28, 2024 12:36 PM (IG4Id)
IMO the best choice would be Hawley but Vance wouldn't be terrible either.
Both would be huge improvements.
The problem isn't that McConnell is hated by the base, it's that he's lost control of the Senate GOP caucus. Thune, backed by donor money, will make the appeal that he can bring in the money while managing the caucus well, a promise that he'll be able to extend to 25 GOP senators (through direct promises of election funding) to secure his ascension to the leadership spot.
The same argument was made about McCarthy. He's gone.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:36 PM (CsUN+)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:36 PM (a1415)
Probably was "encouraged" too. He's likely going to die in office and create a mess for Kentucky. Beshear has indicated he will not appoint a Republican, as is the law, because he thinks it's unconstitutional.
State's constitution... not the other one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (Q4IgG)
‘ If you ask for a picture of a German soldier in 1943 eating watermelon is that racist or not?’
Apparently, asking to see a picture of a family eating fried chicken and watermelons is.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM (CsUN+)
+++++
Mitch thinking he is going to make it to November is a little presumptuous.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (ogTiX)
Posted by: brak at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (25k9m)
Posted by: runner
Yes, his SIL's Tesla mysteriously dropped into reverse and plunged into a lake. Happens all the time.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (eYF7X)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
Would you go to Oakland to see a game?
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (nIvob)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 28, 2024 12:38 PM (jvlno)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 28, 2024 12:38 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 12:38 PM (VoAdT)
I want to see that.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 28, 2024 12:38 PM (woPEM)
Posted by: lost in space at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (WC81D)
Posted by: Montec
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That was the instant drop---when a company fails to make a key product switch and Google literally can't fix their AI model, then it will have subsequent effects on the whole company.
Google and Meta have now both stumbled on Act II to keep the money going. Apple is still going strong right now based on a walled garden which IBM used to do for decades. Amazon's best days as a retailer are behind it but its cloud computing biz is carrying it for the moment. The only problem with that is continuing security breaches in cloud computing land and high costs are beginning to lead industry to insource those computing projects and it is possible that AI will continue that insourcing. Companies that develop their own AI special sauce are not going to want it out there as general property up for grabs on poorly secured cloud computing providers. Hence, back to running their own servers and IT infrastructure.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (hKOIV)
Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (Fkr1f)
Posted by: TC at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (FjlUt)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (HnUIn)
Bet she's never gotten a ticket.
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (AwYPR)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (HnUIn)
I like how she comes equipped with dual front funbags.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (MeG8a)
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Is there AI somewhere yet? So far I've seen nothing but parlor tricks with the marketing term "AI" slapped onto it.
I remember having a book in the early 90s that walked you through coding a simplistic language model that could reply to questions. Shinier lipstick now, same pig
Posted by: Chuck Hemangioma at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (CZPkK)
NowI know where the headline came from.
Article reads different.
http://tinyurl.com/2v86ncsw
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (a1415)
Posted by: Orson at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (dIske)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (HnUIn)
That explains why my father hates me.
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (sm6Pk)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:36 PM (CsUN+)
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And McCarthy is gone because he tried to run the House like McConnell ran the senate. McConnell just needed a majority of Republicans to back him. McCarthy needed a majority of the entire House. It's a completely different dynamic, and the fact that McCarthy tried it at all informs me that his IQ is probably about 73.
GOPe donor man just needs to promise safe re-election paths through election money to a bare majority of GOP senators. Then, the GOPe keeps their hold on leadership, the base loses a punching bag, and the GOPe (which has never proven to be terribly intelligent, just ruthlessly cunning up against the base) gets to reset expectations. Thune (or Cornyn) will be more like McCarthy after Ryan, if you want to draw comparisons with House leadership.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM
Lots of people in my condo complex are dot Indians. Most seem fairly stand offish, but my next door neighbor is pretty friendly.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (5sOEG)
It's like a car being driven off the lot. You lose much of your value the instant people know you won't be able to help or hurt them much longer. He's now history.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (CsUN+)
Do it Mitch, it's not bad down here.
Posted by: Budd Dwyer at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (nIvob)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I bet she drives a stick shift.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (eYF7X)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 28, 2024 12:20 PM (2ocoG)
____
It's also because dot-Indians hire, cultivate, and promote only other dot-Indians. Once a company has a core group of Indians, that group brings in many more and exercises outside influence on the company. This is especially true in tech because so many tech guys are Indian to begin with.
I like Indians. They are smart and resourceful and work hard. But they hail from repressive cultures that don't recognize our freedoms. For some Indian immigrants, that means once they get here they cherish their newfound freedoms. But all too often, they bring their repressive, alien culture and political beliefs with them.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Colin at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (/z/eU)
Strange.
Posted by: Jay in PA
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I bet if there was any way to research it you'd learn that a lot of the white executives are like the Budweiser boss and are directly ex government or current government adjacent via contracts.
There's a reason the Google executive(s) went with the State Department to meet with Assange.
Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (eovkY)
Posted by: Doof
Agreed!
"wink and a smile"
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 28, 2024 12:34 PM
Yeah, no winners there.
Posted by: huerfano at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (Q4KYm)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (HnUIn)
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Well I don't like her either. So there.
Posted by: Jordan61 at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (MBS2I)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
Would you go to Oakland to see a game?
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 12:37 PM (AwYPR)
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It was sarcasm, but...I did go a few years ago. It's a brutalist parking lot with a beautiful green field in the middle.
Oakland's government stymied every effort to build a new stadium at Howard Terminal because they're hopelessly corrupt and inept, all while, at the same time, the Golden State Warriors and the Raiders left.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
She looks like a busty Leah Remini.
I approve.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
He's the guy Mitch wants. That's not at all the same thing as what the rest of the GOP caucus wants.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (CsUN+)
Strange.
Posted by: Jay in PA
Or slurpee making
Posted by: Joe Robbinette at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (Akjoo)
Posted by: Colin at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (/z/eU)
++++
Ask it for nutritional guidance about the relative benefits of egg whites and egg yolks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: wth at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (xcrUy)
When Jason invited them to join the Argonauts aboard his ship, the Argo, in his quest for the Golden Fleece, the twins accepted without hesitation and they quickly became known for their ability to calm stormy seas which more than once jeopardized the ship.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 28, 2024
***
Makes Leda sound like a cat, whose kittens can each have a different father. I guess the answer is that Zeus's seed was divine, so anything went.
You have to wonder if young Helen and Pollux knew they were immortal and that Clytemnestra and Castor were not . . . and if the latter two also knew of the difference growing up. By adulthood they must have known. Yet Castor and Pollux were supposedly inseparable.
And did Tyndareus know the immortal two were not his kids?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (V13WU)
If Hitler were alive today and tweeting memes it would be like dividing by zero... The universe could implode!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (GI/Hv)
Posted by: runner
Yes, a total coincidence, just like Kemp's daughter's boyfriend.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (gsqss)
Posted by: Colin
hahahaha
Good one.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: SMOD at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (RHGPo)
He's the guy Mitch wants. That's not at all the same thing as what the rest of the GOP caucus wants.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (CsUN+)
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The majority of GOP senators who put Mitch in charge just over a year ago again will probably have less trouble voting for Thune in 11 months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 12:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2024 12:43 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: TC at February 28, 2024 12:39 PM (FjlUt)
I would pay good money to see that!
Hahahahaha!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2024 12:43 PM (2ijlT)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I bet she drives a stick shift.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (eYF7X)
***
Speaking of stick shifters...I just saw a picture of Monica Lewinsky. Time has been kind to her. I bet 'ol Bill would still do her.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 28, 2024 12:43 PM (W/lyH)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
......
Va va vroom!
Posted by: wth at February 28, 2024 12:43 PM (v0R5T)
Except there are quite a few GOP Senators, including many high-profile ones, who have been openly critical of Mitch and calling for his resignation for minority leader. They presumably also know that a McConnell clone will be poison.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:44 PM (CsUN+)
She looks to really need to moisturize her hair.
Looks dry and unhealthy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 12:44 PM (a1415)
Posted by: vic at February 28, 2024 12:44 PM (A5THL)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 12:44 PM (pohLc)
(But she does look good for 50!)
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 28, 2024 12:45 PM (i7Q7S)
His lawyers say he needs less jail time than the standard crook because he is "neurodiverse" (socially retarded), and super-altruistic. (Honestly, they think that argument will help.) Also, because his Mom wrote a note to the judge.
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 12:45 PM (tha2E)
Posted by: Colin at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (/z/eU)
_______
I always thought the answer to this was obvious: the egg. Given that evolution occurs between generations -- at the biological, genetic level -- at some point there was a bird who was not quite a chicken who laid an egg that contained an embryo with enough genetic variation (evolution) to be classified as the first chicken.
Put another way, an animal can't spontaneously evolve itself. So any pre-chicken was was already born -- ie, before it was able to lay an egg -- was always gonna be a pre-chicken and not a chicken. It was the egg that contained the first chicken. So there you have it: the egg came first.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 28, 2024 12:46 PM (iFTx/)
Jeebus, leaving aside the idiotic racial blackfacing, Goggle's AI output is the most mealy-mouthed and content-free tripe that I have ever heard.
"On one hand (blah, blah, blah-de-blah), but on the other hand (blah, blah, blah-da-blah)."
"My opinions are my own, but, by gum, I'll back my opinions with survey results!" It's a high tech version of Family Feud! "Survey says ...!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 28, 2024 12:46 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: GoogleAI v.2.0 at February 28, 2024 12:46 PM (aD39U)
http://tiny.cc/kg84xz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Face looks kinda like Lea Remini.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:46 PM (9yWhg)
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The music track should be "Me and Julio Down By the School Yard."
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (woPEM)
Posted by: brak
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Remember how block chain will rock our world? AI works best in a walled garden with consistent data stds. Not trying to scrape data from everywhere and use statistical modeling to try to figure out the missing parts of the puzzle queried by the user. Your model can only be as good as the data you put into it which is why climate models are largely garbage.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (hKOIV)
http://tinyurl.com/4fdtpyra
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (Ki//m)
He's the guy Mitch wants. That's not at all the same thing as what the rest of the GOP caucus wants.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 28, 2024 12:41 PM (CsUN+)
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and "wants" means just what you think it means.
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (tha2E)
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 28, 2024 12:16 PM (JeYYB)
Both have cunned stuntitude dialed up to eleven.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (tkR6S)
Hinduism is only slightly less barbaric than Islam.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 12:30 PM (9yWhg)
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No kidding. And the punishment in the next life/after-life if you rebel against the system is diabolically evil. What a wonderfully effective way to control people in the lower castes in accepting their fate without rebelling.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (BaRHL)
Posted by: Xipe Totec
Nice summary.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:47 PM (hKOIV)
His lawyers say he needs less jail time than the standard crook because he is "neurodiverse" (socially retarded),
His weak-jawed and google-eyed girl friend, responding to the socially retarded label, commented, "Well, he's half right."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 28, 2024 12:49 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 28, 2024 12:51 PM (xG4kz)
Some argument over whether Google can be sued for defamation or whether it should be for product liability?
Quote Tweet: Harmeet K. Dhillon @pnjaban Feb 26
Replying to @Timcast @RonColeman @willchamberlain @marcorandazza
It’s an interesting issue. So far some legal scholars have said this is more of a product defect case than defamation. I’m not so sure. Depends on what went into the product.
More to come…
Jewels Jones @JewelsJonesLive Feb 26
Product defects can trigger legal repercussions - defects don't pick favorites.
Excited to see @pnjaban weigh in here! She's a standout lawyer with exceptional principles. Legal disputes are a tough reality, often expensive and time-consuming. This situation has many facets. I am looking forward to watching this one unfold.
http://tinyurl.com/yt4fsrj8
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 28, 2024 12:52 PM (2yu8s)
"On one hand (blah, blah, blah-de-blah), but on the other hand (blah, blah, blah-da-blah)."
Only when the alternative would be saying a conservative is right, or NOT as bad as Hitler. If you pose the same question, Hitler vs. Obama, it will scold you about asking such a crazy question.
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2024 12:52 PM (KRtlO)
well, obviously. the ability to say "boobs" alone makes it not useless.
Posted by: anachronda at February 28, 2024 12:53 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 28, 2024 12:54 PM (2yu8s)
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 12:54 PM (tha2E)
Duel of the Castrati
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 28, 2024 12:51 PM (xG4kz)
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The Eunuch Wars
Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 28, 2024 12:56 PM (ThfNI)
Posted by: vic at February 28, 2024 12:56 PM (A5THL)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 12:56 PM (pohLc)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 12:44 PM (pohLc)
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And thus Post-Modern America and The West.
Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 28, 2024 01:01 PM (ThfNI)
Posted by: Eternity Matters at February 28, 2024 01:01 PM (MTm8X)
"XYZ is right and ABC is wrong.
ABC is wrong because blah blah blah.
XYZ is maybe also wrong because blah blah blah
Ultimately it is up to every individual to decide if XYZ or ABC is better"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (VoAdT)
Yes, its style is very much boiler plate. Same as many AOS trolls, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 28, 2024 01:03 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 01:13 PM (YofvK)
Classic problem of conglomerates--the excess of cash leads to bad investments rather than giving the cash back to stockholders.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 12:28 PM (hKOIV)
==
Didn't Apple restricting user data to outside parties impact ad revenue as well?
Posted by: Black JEM at February 28, 2024 01:20 PM (GZYu7)
I like Indians. They are smart and resourceful and work hard. But they hail from repressive cultures that don't recognize our freedoms. For some Indian immigrants, that means once they get here they cherish their newfound freedoms. But all too often, they bring their repressive, alien culture and political beliefs with them.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 28, 2024 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
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Once the Disney discrimination lawsuit gets going, the dot Indian's hiring only other dot Indians will be next. There has been some rumbling in the force, a good case will eventually be found and then domestic sourcing ot Indian run companies will come under fire.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 28, 2024 01:28 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 28, 2024 01:31 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Monte
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'AI' is a pretty non-specific term, there being all sorts of models, and all sorts of implementations.
As a general rule, the algorithm(s) will have the capacity to 'learn' by exposure to data. The more exposure, the 'smarter' the model will be.
There are multiple problems, of course. The appropriateness of the model, the validity of the algorithm, and most importantly, the data to which it is exposed for 'learning'. An image recognition AI model repeatedly exposed to a chair, which is identified as a table, will simply call a chair a table. There is no reasoning in AI beyond what it has been exposed to.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 28, 2024 01:43 PM (XeU6L)
And the answer? Well, as Sam Harris put it: I don't care if there are videos of Joe Biden murdering children in a basement, he's still better then Trump.
These people are vile. One man threatens their gravy train and literally ANYTHING is more acceptable then that...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2024 12:25 PM (ibTVg)
What Sam Harris meant to say is he prefers to be ruled by people who would murder children in a basement than someone who expects him to take care of himself and be ethical.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 28, 2024 01:51 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: El Mariachi at February 28, 2024 02:00 PM (8E/8X)
I saw a Bloomberg headline today that said that Google was retooling its AI product because of "complaints from right-wing critics."
I read that to mean that only us MAGAs, reichwingers and alt-right Christian Nationalists had a problem with depictions of George Washington, Vikings and Wehrmacht troops as black, Asian or female. Everybody else was apparently perfectly okay with Google promulgating blatant historical lies since it promoted diversity and shit.
Can the world get any stupider?
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Posted by: norton at February 28, 2024 02:13 PM (gz+Tv)
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Posted by: Kurtz at February 28, 2024 04:20 PM (0YZ6P)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at February 28, 2024 04:26 PM (zjGq0)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 28, 2024 05:20 PM (wGqjj)
Am I wrong? It seems to me these tech companies have lots of foreigners in top positions. This guys a Brit I think. Why not all Americans?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Demis Hassabis is a very British name. He's probably thirtieth in line to the throne. In terms of foreigners at Gulag :might want to look at PISA scores and national averages for IQ...
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