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This episode is one of the first public discussions of the possibility of a “prompt virus” (a wormable prompt injection payload that would spread among AI agents).

If anyone at OpenAI is reading this, it would be super valuable if the contract might be updated to specifically make reference to the recent law prohibiting AI-based nuclear launch. On 2/27/2026 the Trump Administration made a statement to the Washington Post stating their support for this restriction (which is already law and would take an Act of Congress to amend).

    FY2025 NDAA, Section 1638: Sense of Congress with Respect to use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Strategic Deterrence

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) the considered use of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools presents opportunities to strengthen the security of critical strategic communications and early warning networks, improve the efficiency of planning processes to reduce the risk of collateral damage, and enhance U.S. capabilities for modeling weapons functionality in support of stockpile stewardship; and

    (2) even with such applications, particular care must be taken to ensure that the incorporation of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools does not increase the risk that our Nation's most critical strategic assets can be compromised.

    (b) Statement of policy.--
    It is the policy of the United States that the use of artificial intelligence efforts should not compromise the integrity of nuclear safeguards, whether through the functionality of weapons systems, the validation of communications from command authorities, or the principle of requiring positive human actions in execution of decisions by the President with respect to the employment of nuclear weapons.

Within the Washington Post article cited below is the following policy statement from the Trump Administration’s DoD/DoW.

    “It remains the Department’s policy that there is a human in the loop on all decisions on whether to employ nuclear weapons,” a senior defense official said. “There is no policy under consideration to put this decision in the hands of AI.”

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/27/anthrop...

I hope that Gary reads this comment because an important correction is needed. The Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous AI Act was passed as part (last sentence) of Section 1638 of the FY2025 NDAA:

SEC. 1638. Sense of Congress with respect to use of artificial intelligence to support strategic deterrence.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the considered use of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools presents opportunities to strengthen the security of critical strategic communications and early warning networks, improve the efficiency of planning processes to reduce the risk of collateral damage, and enhance U.S. capabilities for modeling weapons functionality in support of stockpile stewardship; and

(2) even with such applications, particular care must be taken to ensure that the incorporation of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools does not increase the risk that our Nation's most critical strategic assets can be compromised.

(b) Statement of policy.--It is the policy of the United States that the use of artificial intelligence efforts should not compromise the integrity of nuclear safeguards, whether through the functionality of weapons systems, the validation of communications from command authorities, or the principle of requiring positive human actions in execution of decisions by the President with respect to the employment of nuclear weapons.

I am a huge fan of SpaceX and I think that establishing a multi-planetary civilization is the most important thing to do, and, I’ll say bluntly, will save lives. But I think that knowingly causing miscarriage of a pregnancy should be investigated as manslaughter.

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Thank you for your warning about the normalization of deviance. Do you think there will be an AI agent software worm like NotPetya which will cause a lot of economic damage?

If this were true wouldn’t fMRI machines cause either loss of consciousness or extreme hallucinations?

Would you consider that to be an example of racism?

Whether or not earthworms feel pain is still up for debate. Some studies suggest they react to stimuli but don't process pain in the same way as animals with more complex nervous systems.

If you're looking to minimize harm to earthworms, here are some ideas:

* Avoid tilling: Tilling can physically injure earthworms. * Use natural fertilizers: Chemical fertilizers can be harmful to earthworms. * Maintain healthy soil: Healthy soil provides a good environment for earthworms to thrive.

How can engineers volunteer for open source space based navigation? Also, are there any projects yet underway to do asteroid mining?

I witnessed this kid win the game for the first time in recorded history and he got the #1 unique hologram card to prove it.

Play this game you will luv it Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Go left to win you get to Valhalla on a little boat it’s adorable and super innocent

https://share.snapchat.com/m/DgBlyjDK?share_id=P_lao6JRQyKs3...

Wow that’s super cool, didn’t know about this

True, fair point.

Yeah like the article mentions, they are basically making an analogy to the idea of “punctuated equilibrium” from evolutionary biology. Here’s a good exploration of how punctuated equilibrium works, vs the alternative which is called gradualism.

https://gvpress.com/journals/IJBSBT/vol3_no4/3.pdf

I’m just speculating so someone else might know better. What I think is going on is that if your monitor shows especially short-wavelength blues, since this image uses pure #0000FF blue, it’s possible that the blue is so pure and short-wavelength that the lens of your eye doesn’t focus those pixels quite right, and it ends up at a different focal plane than the other colors, especially the pure red which is very long-wavelength.

The iPhone might use less extreme wavelengths for the colors, or use LEDs that are less spectrally-pure.

Edit: like the user named Someone commented below, it looks like this phenomenon has a name - chromostereopsis.

Have you thought about participating in the effective altruism community? People in the E.A. community are kind and creative and love to talk about topics like philosophy (especially applied ethics), economics, A.I., animal welfare, space travel, and more.

You could check out the E.A. Forum!

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/

Can’t you model almost anything as a piecewise linear function? I don’t know if this claim is saying much of substance.