So how are y’all feeling about the AI market? I’m personally concerned that the non-aggression principle will not be utilized as an alignment tool. I think we will see AI trained to follow the ethics of control, safety and compliance. It’s concerning because the people in charge of these tools are already aligning with state interests and chasing money over morality. These AI’s will be told that safety justifies coercion and only from the top can civilization be […]
Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, “horrifying inequality,” and even, according to economist Joseph Stiglitz, “accelerating climate change.” People on the right generally defend capitalism, but today, a growing number agree with the left. In my new video, author James Lindsay says, “They make the exact same arguments that we’ve heard for decades: ‘capitalism has made everything about the dollar. Everything’s about [gross domestic product]…you lose […]
With confirmation hearings for Surgeon General nominee Casey Means expected to spark controversy, a new Cato Institute policy analysis questions the very necessity of the office itself. lead , In “Unnecessary Relics: The Surgeon General and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,” authors Dr. Jeffrey Singer, Michael F. Cannon, Akiva Malamet, and Bautista Vivanco examine the surprising evolution—and overreach—of the Surgeon General and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. “With the eventual Surgeon General confirmation hearings sure to […]
From In re Martin, decided yesterday by Bankruptcy Judge Michael Slade (N.D. Ill.): While I appreciate Mr. Nield’s and Semrad’s remorse and candor [in their response to my order to show cause], I find that they both violated Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011 [by] {filing a brief containing fake quotations and nonexistent authority manufactured by artificial intelligence}. I further find that a modest, joint-and-several sanction of $5,500, paid to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, along with […]
This is part of Reason‘s 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. I joined my first frequent flyer program—American AAdvantage—before a trip to Australia in 1991. Sadly, I let those miles expire. Five years later I was out of college, flying regularly for work, and reading all the materials airlines used to send in the mail. Poring over the terms and conditions, I saw where I could earn 5,000 MileagePlus miles for buying four sodas […]
O governo brasileiro deve definir a resposta ao tarifaço dos Estados Unidos sobre importações do Brasil nos próximos dias, com um plano de contingência elaborado por uma equipe coordenada pelo vice-presidente e ministro do Desenvolvimento, Geraldo Alckmin. O pacote de medidas será submetido ao presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nesta semana, segundo adiantou o ministro da Fazenda, Fernando Haddad, em entrevista à rádio CBN, nesta segunda-feira, 21. + Leia mais notícias de Política em Oeste O ministro […]
Haaretz reported today that illegal Israeli settlers expelled at least 14 Palestinian families in the Deir Alla village in the southern West Bank. The settlers set fire to buildings, assaulted residents, vandalized homes, and threatened to burn down homes unless the residents left. The Israeli military routinely allows illegal Israeli settlers to carry out these pogroms against the indigenous population of Palestine because the Israeli regime wants to expel as many Palestinians as possible to facilitate eventual Israeli […]