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Following on from a discussion the other day in relation to AI safety, I came across this recent interview with Roman Yampolskiy
Yampolskiy is a computer scientist mostly known for his work on AI safety and cybersecurity.
If you're not familiar with the risks AI poses, you will be surprised by what Yampolskiy reveals.
A 99.999% chance that AI destroys the US? In other words, a 99.999% probability that Trump = AI and hallucinates a lot.
Is anyone else seething that, while the government can talk away it's inability to perform by reference to the global economy. Luxon has the cheek to criticize the current CEO of air nz, his old job, as not meeting expectations?
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/budget-2026-securing-new-zealands-future
It's easy to run a major corporation once you're no longer in charge.
(Just like politicians have all the answers to NZ problems once they've left Parliament).