what science-fiction is there that presents very powerful sentient computers as essentially benevolent forces? off the top of my head, Metavac in Asimov, Minds in IMB, ships in Ancillary series, Thunderhead in Scythe, HER. Much more common when the AI is person-scaled (robots, in particular).

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It's probably better to think of Elon Musk as, first and foremost, a white nationalist billionaire who works to spread racism and elect Republicans and, secondly, as someone who likes to blow up rockets in his spare time.

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You do not need to be a learned political theorist to work out why the likes of Elon Musk hates empathy and works to stamp it out.

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“Suicidal empathy” is the calling card of the international fascist movement.

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In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

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