Friday, May 12
AI & Your Job
Some experts say the big employee screw job will come around 2030 while others say that because AI is progressing faster than planned, we will see dramatic changes n the workforce as early as 2025. These experts are saying that 60-80% of jobs could be replaced in the next 2-3 years.
Actually, I think that is good news for most Americans because my wife and I have been retired since 2015 (7.5 years) and we really like the fact that we don't have to go to work and can do damn near anything we want.
The minor downside to all this losing your job shit, will depend on how capable the US government is of paying employment benefits and for how long.
The other good news is that with all these illegal immigrants coming across the border, they will do the work that Americans don't want to do. You don't need to speak English to pick fruits and veges and you damn sure don't need to speak English to clean motel rooms and public restrooms.
However, the liberals say that there will be plenty of jobs making windmills and solar panels and if you know your way around a frigging vehicle, you will be able to build EVs... Of course, if people lose their jobs due to AI, I wonder how many EVs will be sold?
Still, is is something FOR WHICH TO HOPE IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB...
Are you familiar with EQUITY EMPLOYMENT???It is a concept that the liberals are pushing to hire BLACKS before WHITES, because they have been at a disadvantage in this country since slavery. EQUITY will not just take place for employment but it will take place for healthcare services as well. NO MORE TRIAGE!!! They don't give a shit how sick you are, blacks go before whites.
Liberal DAs want to stop prosecuting Blacks and start prosecuting Whites so that there will be more whites incarated than blacks... Of course, I would think the type of crime would make a difference... but, from what I have read, it does not matter... just the color of your skin.
If I was a WHITE DUDE, married to a WHITE WIFE with WHITE CHILDREN, I think I would be trying to save as much money as I could over the next two years.
Will BRICS be Successful?
Veteran investor Jon Wolfenbarger says that the success of BRICS could have serious effects on the US dollar and the living standards of Americans.
Wolfenbarger, a former investment banker at JPMorgan and Allianz, writes in a new article for the Mises Institute that throughout history, all empires have ultimately failed, and the US likely won’t be an exception.
He says that BRICS nations, which refers to the economic coalition of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, now have the power to dethrone the US after decades of irresponsible economic policy by the American government.
Says Wolfenbarger,
“If the BRICS are successful and the US does not change its policies to focus on a stronger dollar, less spending, and peace instead of war, it is possible the dollar will slowly lose its ‘reserve currency’ status.
This would hurt US living standards and lead to less power for the US government, similar to the weakening of the UK after World War II. All empires in history have failed, and the US will not likely be an exception – if the BRICS can create a successful hard currency to compete with the dollar.”
The investor, who founded investment research service Bull And Bear Profits, says that BRICS nations still have a big hill to climb if they’re serious about competing with the greenback.
According to Wolfenbarger, the BRICS can forget about taking the USD’s hegemony if it plans on creating another fiat currency that is created out of thin air.
“The US has the largest and safest government bond market, no capital controls, and a reputation for enforcing the rule of law. By contrast, the BRICS countries are hardly known for respecting laws or having strong currencies.
Perhaps more importantly, non-US entities have $12 trillion of US dollar-denominated debt that they need to pay back with dollars, so abandoning the dollar would be incredibly difficult and costly.”
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Thursday, May 11
AI Needs to be REGULATED
For most of the past decade, public concerns about digital technology have focused on the potential abuse of personal data. People were uncomfortable with the way companies could track their movements online, often gathering credit card numbers, addresses, and other critical information. They found it creepy to be followed around the web by ads that had clearly been triggered by their idle searches, and they worried about identity theft and fraud.
Those concerns led to the passage of measures in the United States and Europe guaranteeing internet users some level of control over their personal data and images—most notably, the European Union’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Of course, those measures didn’t end the debate around companies’ use of personal data. Some argue that curbing it will hamper the economic performance of Europe and the United States relative to less restrictive countries, notably China, whose digital giants have thrived with the help of ready, lightly regulated access to personal information of all sorts. (Recently, however, the Chinese government has started to limit the digital firms’ freedom—as demonstrated by the large fines imposed on Alibaba.)
Others point out that there’s plenty of evidence that tighter regulation has put smaller European companies at a considerable disadvantage to deeper-pocketed U.S. rivals such as Google and Amazon.
But the debate is entering a new phase. As companies increasingly embed artificial intelligence in their products, services, processes, and decision-making, attention is shifting to how data is used by the software—particularly by complex, evolving algorithms that might diagnose a cancer, drive a car, or approve a loan.
But the debate is entering a new phase. As companies increasingly embed artificial intelligence in their products, services, processes, and decision-making, attention is shifting to how data is used by the software—particularly by complex, evolving algorithms that might diagnose a cancer, drive a car, or approve a loan.
The EU, which is again leading the way (in its 2020 white paper “On Artificial Intelligence—A European Approach to Excellence and Trust” and its 2021 proposal for an AI legal framework), considers regulation to be essential to the development of AI tools that consumers can trust. READ MORE...
2021-2023 (Biden Administration - almost 2 years later)
- INFLATION
- HIGH GASOLINE PRICES
- HIGHER TAXES
- INCREASE IN CRIME AND VIOLENCE
- INCREASE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
- BLM...CRT... WOKE MOVEMENTS
- DECREASE IN MILITARY CAPABILITIES
- DECREASE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
- ENDING PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL/NATURAL GAS
- PUSH FOR ONLY EVs TO BE SOLD TO CONSUMERS
- CURRENT ELECTRIC GRID CANNOT SUPPORT 100% EVs
- INCREASE IN RACISM DUE TO REPARATIONS
- AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL DEBACLE
- TRYING TO SILENCE CONSERVATIVE VOICE SO THAT ONLY ONE OPINION IS OFFERED
- DE-DOLLARIZATION MOVEMENT PUSHED BY BRICS, CHINA, SAUDI ARABIA
- DECREASE IN GLOBAL RESPECT FOR USA
- USA POLARIZED (DIVIDED) MORE THAN EVER SINCE CIVIL WAR
- DUMBING DOWN OF COLLEGE EDUCATION
- AI/ROBOTS REPLACING JOBS
- WEAPONIZING FBI AND DOJ POLITICALLY TO SUPPORT LIBERAL AGENDAS
Personally, I don't give a rat's ass what happens to the US of A as I will not be alive more than 20 years from now. Granted a lot can happen in 20, but being retired and havng sufficient funds, most of the points listed above will not effect/affect me.
If Social Security is cut, well I have enough money saved to pick up the slack. If illegal immigrants move into my community here in East TN, they will not be welcomed by those currently living here. If they manage to buy a home, they will be austracized and not accepted. It is nothing personal, it is just business and the way it is.
I don't give a shit if college education is watered down, because I got my education before that happened. Watered down education will simply mean that American Business STOP hiring Americans because they don't know shit. It ain't nothing personal just business. If Americans do get hired, they will remain in the lower ranks of management their entire career doing bullshit work.
With low pay and increase costs, Americans will have to borrow money and go deeper in debt. Lots of debt prevents you from buying a house, and even a car depending upon how expensive they are... EVs are not cheap.
If the de-dollarization continues, it will increase inflation and you will have to borrow even more money. Digging a deep financial hole for yourself and your family month by month.
What I would like to know is... ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN SPANISH BECAUSE MOST OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DONT SPEAK ENGLISH. None of the illegal immigration are vaccinated like Americans are... those counries do not require it... so, these illegal immigrants might spread diseases that had previously been eliminated in the US of A... Good luck with that...
This is your country now... ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN...
Faster Than A Human Construction Crew
California-based startup Built Robotics has unveiled a huge autonomous construction robot that speeds up the creation of utility-scale solar farms — accelerating the transition to a clean energy future and making workers safer, too.
The challenge: Electricity generation is responsible for more than 30% of the US’s carbon emissions, so transitioning the grid away from fossil fuels and toward renewables, such as solar, is essential to combating climate change. Not only that, we’ll need to generate a lot more electricity as we increasingly electrify cars, machines, and industry.
To meet the demands of the future, automation is gonna be key in the construction world.
JUSTIN RUSSELL
Constructing a utility-scale solar farm is a major undertaking, though: once a company goes through the potentially years-long process of finding a site and securing permits, it can still take another couple of years to build the solar farm.
Moreover, as solar panels have gotten dramatically cheaper, an increasingly large share of the cost of solar power is coming from things other than the panels themselves, like construction and labor. If we’re going to keep pushing the price of solar down, we’ll have to get more productive at those things, too.
The construction robot: Built Robotics has now unveiled RPD 35, an autonomous construction robot that accelerates an important part of building a utility-scale solar farm: installing solar piles.
These heavy steel beams are about 15 feet long, and during solar farm construction, they’re driven about eight feet into the ground — the part of the pile that remains exposed then serves as the foundation for a solar array. READ MORE...
Wednesday, May 10
Photosynthesis and Fifth State of Matter
A University of Chicago study found links at the atomic level between photosynthesis and exciton condensates—a strange state of physics that allows energy to flow frictionlessly through a material. The finding is scientifically intriguing and may suggest new ways to think about designing electronics, the authors said.
University of Chicago scientists hope ‘islands’ of exciton condensation may point way to new discoveries.
Scientists at the University of Chicago have found a connection between photosynthesis and exciton condensates, a state of physics that allows energy to flow without friction. This surprising finding, typically associated with materials well below room temperature, may inform future electronic design and help unravel complex atomic interactions.
Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Outside their window, trees gather sunlight and turn them into new leaves. The two seem unrelated—but a new study from the University of Chicago suggests that these processes aren’t so different as they might appear on the surface.
The study, published in PRX Energy on April 28, found links at the atomic level between photosynthesis and exciton condensates—a strange state of physics that allows energy to flow frictionlessly through a material. The finding is scientifically intriguing and may suggest new ways to think about designing electronics, the authors said.
“As far as we know, these areas have never been connected before, so we found this very compelling and exciting,” said study co-author Prof. David Mazziotti. READ MORE...
Spoil the Southern Charm
It is true that at 75 years of age, I ain't got much time left on this here earth... maybe 20 years if I am lucky. Since there is not much time left, not many people are going to listen to my concerns. But, one issue that will always be true is that life in the SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHERN STATES is different than anywhere else in the entire US of A. These states include:
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
- Arkansas
Virginia and Kentucky are borderline states and if they were included it would only be the southern half of the states. The eastern part of Texas might also be included but once you get to the center of the state, a completely new attitude develops that relates more to the central USA which then picks up Mexico's personality which is not even close to the south.
Half of my life was lived in NC and the other half TN and these two states have fundamental differences as well with how they perceive life and the environment around them.
Southerners don't take kindly to the federal government, are avid supporters of the second amendment, are somewhat religious, and absolutely do not want their taxes raised. A small government that does not interfere in our lives is what we would prefer.
It is not just notherners like we dislike, but liberals from the west coast, specifically from California. We have tolerated immigrants from our southern borders (not just Mexico) but fear that if too many of them decide to live in the south, that our way of life will change also.
WHY?
Because, they will want to live in the USA just like they lived in the countries they left. Several families living in one house. Several cars parked out front, along with all the trash and junk they store in their yards, makes the area look like a SLUM AREA. Immigrants do not seem to have respect for their property or the land on which they live.
Who wants a neighbor like that living beside them, bring down property values?
Most of the southern elderly folks are AFRAID of all the crime and violence that immigrants will bring into this country with them, not to mention HEALTH ISSUES. Those kinds of immigrants do not get the immunization shots in their countries before they leave. Their country does not require them.
My guess is that as these immigrants move into areas, the residents who are currently living there will move out. Once these property tax owners start moving out, the local governments will be collecting less taxes. That will not be good for those that remain when it comes to fire and police protection.
Quantum Physics Twisted Time
The 2022 physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work demonstrating fundamental breaks in our understanding of the quantum world, leading to discussions around “local realism” and how it could be refuted. Many theorists believe these experiments challenge either “locality” (the notion that distant objects require a physical mediator to interact) or “realism” (the idea that there’s an objective state of reality). However, a growing number of experts suggest an alternative approach, “retrocausality,” which posits that present actions can affect past events, thus preserving both locality and realism.
The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics highlighted the challenges quantum experiments pose to “local realism.” However, a growing body of experts propose “retrocausality” as a solution, suggesting that present actions can influence past events, thus preserving both locality and realism.
This concept offers a novel approach to understanding causation and correlations in quantum mechanics, and despite some critics and confusion with “superdeterminism,” it is increasingly seen as a viable explanation for recent groundbreaking experiments, potentially safeguarding the core principles of special relativity.
In 2022, the physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the universe works.
Many look at those experiments and conclude that they challenge “locality” — the intuition that distant objects need a physical mediator to interact. And indeed, a mysterious connection between distant particles would be one way to explain these experimental results.
Others instead think the experiments challenge “realism” — the intuition that there’s an objective state of affairs underlying our experience. After all, the experiments are only difficult to explain if our measurements are thought to correspond to something real. Either way, many physicists agree about what’s been called “the death by experiment” of local realism.
But what if both of these intuitions can be saved, at the expense of a third? A growing group of experts think that we should abandon instead the assumption that present actions can’t affect past events. Called “retrocausality,” this option claims to rescue both locality and realism. READ MORE...
In 2022, the physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the universe works.
Many look at those experiments and conclude that they challenge “locality” — the intuition that distant objects need a physical mediator to interact. And indeed, a mysterious connection between distant particles would be one way to explain these experimental results.
Others instead think the experiments challenge “realism” — the intuition that there’s an objective state of affairs underlying our experience. After all, the experiments are only difficult to explain if our measurements are thought to correspond to something real. Either way, many physicists agree about what’s been called “the death by experiment” of local realism.
But what if both of these intuitions can be saved, at the expense of a third? A growing group of experts think that we should abandon instead the assumption that present actions can’t affect past events. Called “retrocausality,” this option claims to rescue both locality and realism. READ MORE...
Tuesday, May 9
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