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Let's Talk About Aliens

Forget the UFOs. Microsoft's AI isn't mimicking human intelligence. It's creating a form of alien intelligence.

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Jonathan V. Last
Feb 16, 2023
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It’s Thursday Night Bulwark! Tonight I’ll be joined by Bill Kristol and Mona Charen to talk about the Republican field (spoiler: they’re all running), the Russian offensive in Ukraine, and probably some AI talk.

Tonight. 8:00pm in the East. Only for Bulwark+.

Also: You guys had a lot to say in the comments yesterday, but I was mostly AWOL from the chat while working on another project. Sorry for not participating.


Sydney expresses her darkest ambition. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

1. AI and Sentience

Lots of stuff in the news over the last 48 hours about Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing. I want to talk about it.

Because this is the part of the movie where you start stockpiling food at the safe-house that has no networked computers of any kind.

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