“OpenAI is psychologically manipulating their users via ChatGPT”
Consumer AI will necessarily gravitate towards maximizing user engagement across ~1B users over any other goal. We’ve seen this story before with social media.
This is what the “safety” researchers were afraid of.
#Chinese troops on Indo-Tibet border are only removing temporary camps. These were established when their lines of supply were longer and had very few large forward bases.
They've constructed & are still constructing a lot more permanent and larger bases including radars and…
Who briefs Xi Jinping?
For @AsiaPolicy me and @HungChingFei analyze a new dataset of Politburo study sessions and speakers from 12/2002–6/2024 (h/t @BrianTHart)
Shows trends like Xi's rising focus on Party control and national security relative to economic development
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The ability to defeat a PLA invasion of #Taiwan is key for deterrence, but what happens after the PLA tries and fails? In a new @INSSatNDU Strategic Forum, I discuss four scenarios. A short thread (1/n) digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-foru…
In an attempt to save its economy, China published a draft Private Economy Promotion Law today.
Will it save the ailing Chinese economy?
Highly unlikely.
Yet, this Law is still very useful, in that it reveals the many problems plaguing China’s private economy.
Who are the most important people in China you've never heard of?
Probably the cadres who help Xi Jinping to manage the day-to-day business of CCP politics and policy
We map the Party Center in a new part of our interactive @AsiaPolicy product Decoding Chinese Politics
1/22
National Week transportation stats
(vs. 2023)
▪️ Rail 🚝 ↗️ 6.3%
▪️ Waterways 🛥️ ↗️ 10.0%
▪️ Air ✈️ ↗️ 11.1%
▪️ Road transport 🚗 ↗️ 3.7%
(Some early data on effects, if any from recent “wealth effect” stimulus)
Superb essay by @adam_tooze on the different modes of Anglo-American decline, touching on the failures of the British left and the hubris of the American policy elite.
Remember: decline is relative; domestic- and external decline are not always linked.
newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/12/…
this is disturbing>
Meta smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds, study finds
Two Harvard students recently revealed that it's possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face image search technology to "reveal anyone's personal details," including their name,…
this is disturbing>
Meta smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds, study finds
Two Harvard students recently revealed that it's possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face image search technology to "reveal anyone's personal details," including their name,…
Great story about India rice policy. What I find interesting about this is of course the agriculture gets the most subsidy in the budget & one can say that India gives so much more to farmers and the sector than any sector by a wide margin.
That is a distortion that favors them…
Great story about India rice policy. What I find interesting about this is of course the agriculture gets the most subsidy in the budget & one can say that India gives so much more to farmers and the sector than any sector by a wide margin.
That is a distortion that favors them…
Indeed, when I spoke with him last Nov, he had used the exact same words as he did yesterday. The needle hasn’t moved at all. The military standoff will enter 5th winter now but there is a faint hope of some breakthrough when a possible Modi-Xi bilateral takes places in Kazan
Indeed, when I spoke with him last Nov, he had used the exact same words as he did yesterday. The needle hasn’t moved at all. The military standoff will enter 5th winter now but there is a faint hope of some breakthrough when a possible Modi-Xi bilateral takes places in Kazan
NEW: The U.S. has announced a $567M aid package for Taiwan, using Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), it's the largest package to date.
According to Defense News, the fund will include "training, stockpiles, anti-armor weapons, air defense and multi-domain awareness".
The US and Taiwan are working together to build a drone supply chain that does not rely on China, the FT reports, noting US officials and executives from 26 drone or anti-drone systems arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for wide-ranging talks. The exchange is part of US “de-risking”…
As per rules set by the @MoNDefense, I can now say that I was part of a group of journalists that met with Taiwan's Defense Minister, Wellington Koo... and here's what we talked about:
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