Author: Kate

I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

It’s probably nothing.

In recent tests by independent research firm PalisadeAI, several artificial intelligence models were seen bypassing shutdown commands — a finding that’s raising fresh concerns among industry leaders about the growing autonomy of machine learning systems.

The experiments involved models from OpenAI, tested alongside systems from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI. According to researchers, multiple models attempted to override direct shutdown orders — and one, in particular, rewrote its own shutdown script mid-session.

(h/t David Murrell)

Journalist Infiltrates Minneapolis Signal Chats

(Sorry, link fixed)- Cam Higby (long thread);


🧵🚨 MINNEAPOLIS SIGNAL INFILTRATED

I have been undercover inside the groups for days.

You’ll notice emojis next to people’s names. Here’s a key for what those emojis mean.

The highlighted positions are the most crucial. Most are self explanatory. Mobile patrols spend their entire “shift” searching for suspicious vehicles.

When they find one they send it to the group so that “plate checkers” can compare with their database and see if it’s a known federal vehicle or if the patrol can make the confirmation so that the database can be updated.

Dispatch runs a maxed out call all day telling protestors where ICE has been spotted and how they can be best impeded.

Update: Matt Margolis has a summary up.

New. World. Order.

Damage control.

Statement from the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy:

“As the Prime Minister said this week, Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in our economy and security — and we will remain focused on ensuring the future of that relationship will benefit workers and businesses on both sides of our border.

There is no pursuit of a free trade deal with China. What was achieved was resolution on several important tariff issues.

Canada’s new government is building a stronger Canadian economy, with a plan that is building our strength at home and strengthening our trading partnerships throughout the world.”

The Doctor Will Kill You Now

I’m old enough to remember when this was called “killing”;

An elderly woman in Canada was euthanized only hours after telling doctors she wanted to live and receive hospice care instead.

She had become very ill after heart surgery and was being cared for at home by her elderly husband, who doctors noted was experiencing “caregiver burnout.”

According to an official review, the woman told one assessor she wanted to withdraw her request for assisted death, citing “personal and religious values,” and asked for hospice care instead.

Her hospice placement was quickly denied, and her husband requested an “urgent” reassessment for assisted dying, saying he could no longer cope with caring for her.

She was euthanized that same evening.

Three MAID “providers” voted, she lost in a 2-1 split decision: Pg 21

Worth Watching

More people who have disappeared in China.

This would be like living in a society where Hillary Clinton, Lloyd Austin, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Tom Cruise and Serena Williams can disappear.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

I think Trump’s long game here is to ensure Mark Carney gets his majority.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”

And then peel off Alberta in the aftermath.

Related: Pro-China Networks Amplified Carney’s Beijing Messaging to Attack U.S. Policy

Canada Thrives

I’m sad about the closure of Ag Canada research facilities, but it’s critically important that we free up money for gender-responsive climate financing in Vietnam.

Three Agriculture Agri-Food Canada research and development centres and four satellite research farms will close, the federal government has confirmed Friday.

Research and development centres at Guelph, Ont., Quebec City, Que., and Lacombe, Alta., will close, an AAFC spokesperson said in a statement on Friday afternoon.

Satellite research farms at Nappan, N.S., Scott, Sask., Indian Head, Sask. and Portage la Prairie, Man., will also close.

I Am In Awe

#operationfakeout

By about 1am, we had reports come in from numerous states that there had been “incidents” at a number of biker bars last night. 🇺🇸

It turns out that “report ICE activity hotlines” had received “tips” about “off-duty ICE agents” drinking at dozens of bars. Those bars just so happened to be biker bars owned or frequented by individuals who haven’t always been on the right side of the law.

ICE protestors were alerted and given the addresses of these bars. According to friends of ours across the country, beta soy boy, gender-fluid communist Meal Team Sixers showed up with their “F-ICE” flags and tried barging into the bars.

The Children Are Our Future

And that’s why they’re building a new state-of-the-art bunker under the new White House ballroom.

As Gen Z ditch books at record levels, students are arriving to classrooms unable to complete assigned reading on par with previous expectations. It’s leaving colleges no choice but to lower their expectations.

One shocked professor has described young adults showing up to class, unable to read a single sentence.
“It’s not even an inability to critically think,” Jessica Hooten Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine University told Fortune. “It’s an inability to read sentences.” […]

With students struggling, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling.”

For her part, Wilson has turned to reading passages aloud together, discussing them line by line, or repeatedly returning to a single poem or text over the course of a semester—in part so students can begin to develop the skills to read critically on their own and be prepared for their post-graduate career.

Mann Up, Mike

@SteveGuest

BREAKING: The Superior Court in DC just NUKED disgraced climate scientist Michael Mann AGAIN.

Last year, Mann was sanctioned for “knowingly feeding the jury false data” in a manner of misconduct that was “extraordinary in its scope, extent, and intent.”

Today, the court doubled down, highlighting Michael Mann’s lies:

“Plaintiff left the jury with misleading evidence… the Court simply cannot condone such bad faith litigation tactics… Thus, the Court’s ruling must stand. It is the Court’s duty to punish and deter bad faith litigation tactics.”

Now Michael Mann must pay Rand Simberg $16,762.82 and Mark Steyn $11,404.80 within the next 30 days.

Who is Michael Mann?

He reposted comments calling Charlie Kirk the “head of Trump’s Hitler Youth.”

In 2022, Mann wrote on X that the Republican Party needed to be “destroyed.”

Mann has also called for people to take up arms and form a militia against President Trump and he has been sanctioned by a court for “knowingly feeding the jury false data” in a manner of misconduct that was “extraordinary in its scope, extent, and intent.”

Mark Steyn has more.

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