Communication—the ability to convey ideas clearly but with tact and elegance—is a skill independent of IQ or creativity. Even highly intelligent and creative individuals can struggle with it.
However, AI, when used correctly, can refine and enhance expression, making communication more effective and polished. It serves as a powerful tool for articulating thoughts with greater clarity and sophistication. Mastering the art of AI-assisted communication, including its techniques and potential pitfalls, could undoubtedly be the subject of a valuable and insightful book for all spectrums of humanity.
I would imagine that such a tool to infer emotional states would be most useful for autistic people who are as I can attest, somewhat handicapped upon that front. Maybe that will get challenged as disability discrimination by some Autistic group. Which would be interesting. As with most things, there are rules, and exceptions to those rules - no shoe fits everyone, though forcing people to wear the wrong shoe size, can do more harm than good.
> I would imagine that such a tool to infer emotional states would be most useful for autistic people who are as I can attest, somewhat handicapped upon that front.
It might well be a useful tool to point at yourself.
It's an entirely inappropriate one to point at someone else. If you can't imagine having someone estimate your emotional state (usually incorrectly), and use that as a basis to disregard your opinion, you've lived a very different life to mine. Don't let them hide behind "the AI agreed with my assessment".
On the other hand, as someone who's emotional state is routinely incorrectly assessed by people, I can't imagine a worse hell than having that misassessment codified into an ai that I am required to interact with.
> I would imagine that such a tool to infer emotional states would be most useful for autistic people who are as I can attest, somewhat handicapped upon that front.
The regulation explicitly provides an exception for medical reasons:
Article 5:
1. The following AI practices shall be prohibited:
[...]
(f) the placing on the market, the putting into service for this specific purpose, or the use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of the AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons;
I can definitely find you autistic people who would hate having such a device pointed at them, because they don't mask the ""correct"" emotional state well enough.
Was on about Autistic people being able to use it to understand the other person, not the other way around, which would be a nightmare for them, which sadly is what they get in real life anyhow already. Though might be useful to warn them that they are sending the wrong signals, so a mixed bag on that way around.
Exactly- trickle-down economics does not work, it's trickle-up that was the overlooked and needed solution.
Universal basic income, known as UBI is one tool to enable this. Removed inequality and equally, restores dignity and makes benefits and the lambasting and disdain of those in that position a thing of the past.
Born in the 1960s, I remember when the UK joined a trade bloc. Decades later, during the Brexit referendum, the "think of the children" argument was heavily pushed by the Remain campaign. Yet, as someone who grew up within the trade bloc and later the EU, I recall that we had no say on the Maastricht Treaty—while other countries did, with some even being told to vote again.
I also remember the Liberal Democrats advocating for a referendum on EU membership from the early 2000s onward. However, when the vote finally happened, the level of vitriol and disdain the party directed at Leave voters completely changed my perception of what "liberal" and "democratic" truly mean. Their stance no longer aligned with those ideals.
Corporate lobbying has a significant impact on EU policy, often overshadowing the interests of its citizens. The EU’s influence is a mix of positives, negatives, and deeply concerning interventions. One striking example was when the entire EU was forced to pay higher prices for imported solar panels to protect a single German company. Another was the rushed adoption of CFL lighting just before LED technology became viable—CFLs contain mercury, posing a serious health hazard if broken, and many have likely ended up polluting landfills.
While I support the idealistic vision of a united Europe, many well-intentioned policies have been poorly thought out, leading to unintended consequences. The depopulation of many towns and villages across Europe due to youth migration is a direct result of EU-driven policies, yet little thought was given to the broader impact.
The UK sought EU reforms, but when those were denied, a referendum became inevitable. Many who voted Leave did so because the trade bloc they originally joined had evolved into something they no longer recognized. For decades, key decisions were made without direct input from the British people. It's no surprise that those who had once voted to join felt compelled to vote to leave. Yet, the mainstream media labeled them as racists, disregarding the complexity of their concerns.
Beyond the UK's experience, France’s actions in African countries when it adopted the Euro are worth investigating—they reveal a shocking side of EU monetary policy. Meanwhile, Germany, whose strong currency transitioned smoothly into the Euro, benefited enormously—often at the expense of struggling nations like Greece and Italy, which found themselves locked into an economic framework that served German interests far more than their own.
Saddest part is, France blocked any reforms until the UK had left the EU, and had they only engaged back then and made some reforms, the UK could have justified a new vote on the EU, with a more informed opinion. That in itself is a tradegy, but then the UK being physically seperated from Europe, has always seen many cultures and approached, not as aligned as the Europe and subsequently the EU as a whole, which beyond cheap holidays, duty free, not many really embraced the EU as a whole and vice versa.
> Beyond the UK's experience, France’s actions in African countries when it
adopted the Euro are worth investigating—they reveal a shocking side of EU
monetary policy.
Can you elaborate on this? I know enough to know that I should not pretend to
know anything.
Basically, the CFA got locked into the Euro currency when France joined it penalised African countries (former French colonies) into it as the CFA was pegged to the French Franc.
This made those former colonies crippled by exports to anywhere apart from France who with the CFA setup that those African countries having to store 50% of their currency reserves with France at a 0.75% interest rate. Combined with the subsequent Euro pegging, that alone penalised those former African colonies with the CFA. Equally, they gained nothing from France joining the Euro and lots more pain.
That would be a smoking gun and add credibility to this. However, with hindsight—and especially if you had inside or advanced knowledge of something groundbreaking—it would be obvious to capitalize on it in some way, as long as it didn't violate stock market trading standards.
For example, if a company developed a revolutionary drug that would disrupt an entire market and weaken competitors, purchasing options against those competitors wouldn’t constitute insider trading or breach stock market regulations, as I understand it. However, buying shares in the company itself based on that inside knowledge would.
A country taking pride in a major AI breakthrough, with people celebrating the achievement, is now being framed as a deliberate attack on the U.S. stock market. If we're being fair and impartial, that feels like sour grapes.
The reality is that stock market values are shaped by large companies operating in dynamic, cutting-edge fields. Any significant advancement in those fields will naturally impact shares.
For example, if a photonic-based CPU were released tomorrow, it would affect companies like AMD, Intel, and ARM—just the way markets work. History is full of similar disruptions, from pharmaceutical breakthroughs reshaping the drug industry to the rise of electric vehicles. Tesla’s emergence didn’t exactly boost traditional car manufacturers, but that was widely accepted because it was an American company.
Market disruption happens more often than people realize. The difference here is that AI has been heavily hyped, leading to inflated stock values. When a field like this is so dominant, any leap forward—especially from a competitor—will inevitably have an impact. If investors put too many eggs in one basket, volatility is to be expected.
Ultimately, China achieved something impressive despite adversity. Instead of blaming them for their progress or for sharing their advancements with the world, we should applaud it. Spinning this into a conspiracy misses the point. If anything, the real issue lies in the hype-driven nature of the AI market itself.
As they say—diversity solves many things, stock markets included, though I'm sure in the days/weeks/months ahead - I expect a campaign of Deepseek is just wanting to capture people's data with it for the Chinese government and others more sinister allegations, though I'm sure China could claim the same from GPT and the like just as equally. Still, we never hear about that.
Chinese bots need to just chill. There is no big need to gloat and run half baked influence ops in an environment where people cant even remember what they were worrying about last week.
The US is drowning under an info tsunami for not recognizing human attention is finite while content is allowed to explode.
The Chinese just need to sit back and stop reacting.
Last year, it was Russian bots; this year, it's Chinese bots. So much debate gets dismissed under these labels, shutting down common sense. Of course, such bots exist—but so do American ones, and, in reality, every country and even corporations deploy them in some form.
Sometimes, I wonder what could truly unite the world. Sadly, it often seems like only a global catastrophe—something as extreme as an alien invasion—could bring humanity together. Religion, politics, and countless other factions keep us divided. Even race, which should be a meaningless distinction, has been weaponized. I've always believed we are one race—the human race—but at times, it feels like we've drifted so far from that truth. When you take a step back and see the whole picture, it's enough to make anyone with a heart just sit down and weep.
It depends on how granular and selective it is, or how it is framed.
Could leverage that at any company that gets a government grant or assistance which has a marketing department. Heck could say MAGA is astroturfing and even GPT would agree if you ask ("Is MAGA astroturfing?") it that (yet ask the same question of DeepSeek and the response is less clear-cut, that it feels more unbiased, so that I recommend trying for yourselves), but then politics is very much deep into that on all party politics in many countries.
Smitty didn't get in the way of scripting, you could just craft up what you wanted and was F9 iirc you could press and see your options all as they would execute in the command line. So could just go thru smitty to set what you wanted and instead of running it, just crib the command line sequence and pop into your script without even having to learn AIX nuances.
