Azalin

Nadler is an incredible choad.

I should probably start an AI thread (or find and resurrect the old thread) because I don't mean to derail this one. That said, what you describe is already happening , and I honestly do not see how COVID will influence it significantly either way.

I'm not attempting to discuss the merits or application of AI into our society. My initial question (to Unforgiven) remains unanswered; he said "I also think this is the big moment where they slip in AI and replace a humongous amount of workers while no one is looking." I'm asking for clarification of that statement.

I don't necessarily believe it will go one way or another. Like any other technology, AI will continue to both grow and proliferate as it improves and as demand increases. We will see. My question was specifically regarding to what extent AI will be used to replace victims of the 'covid economy', and in what fields it might happen.

AI already exists in many capacities in our society. I'm asking how AI will be (paraphrased) 'slipped in to replace a humongous amount of workers while nobody's looking'.

The vast majority of elected officials, regardless of party, are self-serving opportunists who will further their own interests over those of their constituency whenever they can get away with it. Those well-intentioned governors are doing what they believe to be the most politically expedient thing to do. And yes, TDS is that strong. Political tribalism has grown exponentially more venomous and bitter with the last few election cycles. Coming from outside the sphere of professional politics, Trump has earned the ire of many in his own party, let alone the ever-increasingly communist/fascist left. Most of the jobs currently oh-hold right now are person-to-person retail and service type industries. I'm curious as to what fields you see AI taking over.

Portland apparently supports this level of violence, or they wouldn't allow their public servants and first responders to be routinely exposed to direct assaults like this. All local unionized police should strike, staying out of harms way until things settle down, while federal forces move in and arrest the lot of them. What in hell are the good citizens paying their taxes for if businesses and city services are torched and people are being assaulted while city officials do nothing? These are not protests; they're ideologically-driven assaults on everything that most Americans - conservative, liberal, whatever, hold dear.

I know. There's no ***** excuse for being free and on the streets if you've committed that many felonies. No excuse whatsoever.

That's disgusting. There's some truly evil ***** going on in this country nowadays, and it needs to be put to a stop.

That is some of the most evil ***** I've ever heard in my life.

Not breeding, they just know an easy game when they see it.

It doesn't matter how advanced our weaponry is. Nuclear war on that scale would be a disaster of beyond-biblical proportions, and is absolutely the wrong way to even think about addressing this issue. Any kind of military response would be both ridiculous and disastrous. This will have to be addressed through international or multinational economic means. Open warfare with China, no matter how morally justified it may be, must remain out of the question.

When Germany's attempted extermination of the Jews became common knowledge, one of the common reactions was that had the world at large known of the holocaust, we could have put a stop to it. Well, we know about this, so if our compassion is going to be consistent, then something needs to be done to put a stop to China's persecution of the Uyghers. In my opinion, this is exactly the kind of thing that the UN was intended for. I'm not sure the UN is capable of handling something like this anymore, but I believe the world needs to be involved in addressing this, not just the US.

Rest in peace.

"Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery." This "centrist" strikes me more as being a rational, moderate liberal realizing that there is nothing liberal about modern American leftism. The Times' problem isn't nearly as recent as the author implies - in my opinion they long ago gave up any pretense of objectivity.

"In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate." What a crock of bull####. It was minorities themselves that adopted the "hyphenated American" titles in order to emphasize their ethnicity.

You absolutely did, as did a few of us. It's been evident from the start, yet those that have denied it this whole time continue to do so, while mocking us for voicing our concern at every opportunity.

You're wasting premium comedy on that muffinhead?

My Irish ancestor was born in 1757 in County Down, Ulster, and came to the US when he was 19. I'm 7th generation Scots-Irish with a smattering of Scandinavian & German mixed in.

That looks like what you'd get if Michael Berryman and Gary Busey had an offspring. edit: No offense meant to Mr. Berryman.

They've got the best customer service....

Two points: 1) It seems that saying F**k (fill in the blank)!!! is just about all the far left has with which to argue their point these days. Not particularly imaginative. 2) I didn't recognize a single "celebrity" listed in that article.

Billy Beer! I forgot all about that.

Double-digit unemployment too if memory serves correctly. Remember the Misery Index?

This is one of the most extraordinarily stupid things I've ever seen posted here, which is truly saying something. The others are just trolling, but you seem to have a genuine problem. Keep it to yourself.