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fyi Finland has the same conscription rates, I don't see them being criticized for conscription? Maybe they are too white, or maybe people who injected too much rugged individualism into their veins have rotted views of society
A system that has brought security and cohesion, and thus wealth, is accused of being dystopic
In Singapore, policing does not have the dystopian surveillance thing attached to it, because a large number of police are civilian conscripts. It takes the edge off, when you know that your neighbor's 18 year old kid is working in the police force, rather than some mercenary force
On top of that, the majority of the military consists of civilian conscripts, which arguably holds more power if the system ever goes bad enough to degenerate into martial law
by force
AI is able to recursively improve its code now, and Anthropic warns we should slow down development before it gets too advanced (reported 2019, and 2026)
PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates
Anthropic and OpenAI holds all the power and will create world utopia
oh btw, we will both IPO after SpaceX
lol, clown world.
ESL moment Read the article properly, it is the company that tried to shirk out of it
this is a very interesting comment. care to elaborate on it?
he literally says people are intrinsically the same, but extrinsically different (due to culture)
why are you misrepresenting what he says?
how about explaining why without giving an analogy?
You make it sound like the US is a parasite that takes the young of other countries to endow itself, never mind what happens about other countries. Maybe it is?
So? Less capital chasing after housing means housing prices fall. If the capital was not destined to be used in the first place, then it only serves to inflate the economy
It's weird that the comments are deflecting from the parent point. But yes, over time, it hurts the country.
There are plenty of other comments citing Nvidia statements, so I don't think I need to address this.
Certainly the tendency for people here to reach for the most conspiratorial theories is bizarre to me.
It is a pretty unfounded claim.
Singapore holds the headquarters of a lot of SEA megacorporations, as well as regional HQs of big tech in both USA/China.
These chips are bought from these HQs and redistributed to the rest of the world (Singapore is a major shipping hub). India imports chips through their HQs in Singapore, so does Australia, Saudi Arabia, Europe, America, etc.
Maybe you could make the case that shady companies are exporting to China, but I am fairly skeptical as there are already American officials in Singapore collaborating to investigating this issue
I think they are like $15k rather than sub $20k
Though I wonder if EVs are really all that good without the infrastructure.. With state of the potholes and electric infrastructure in most countries, can EVs hold up?
looking at this from the other side of the world, it feels like americans are so insecure, as if they are constantly frightened
What are you on... I am not interested in the political slinging that both the west and china deploy large capital in.
I just think it is funny
It's a meme. Just google "china but at what cost" There are probably hundreds of articles with the title at this point
China is getting smarter - but at what cost? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50658538
China's wind industrial policy "succeeded" – but at what cost? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/chinas-wi...
China Invests in Environment – but at What Cost? https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-04-...