It doesn’t do progressives any good to pretend most of America is deeply impoverished or that poverty is the norm here. A sense of widespread scarcity does not make people more generous. We are a rich nation, most of us are middle class. There is a suffering minority and we can afford to help them.

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one really telling thing is how quickly the anti-AI fanatics will say you're not a real human being for disagreeing with them

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"When it's ready(tm)" but, like, pretty soon :)

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Fictional Lex Luthor: Smartest man on earth. Hyperschemer. Master manipulator. Plans within plans within plans. Using cunning to outwit actual supermen. Real-world Lex Luthor: what if ready player one was person

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What is happening in this AI debate: -I am making a trivially true point about AI that makes people uncomfortable -People want to not think or talk about it -People are avoiding the point by mocking me for making it. How silly! He doesn't have credentials -Conveniently the point goes unaddressed

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