"Breakfast" by Ekaterina Deryugina (IG: @inspire_kati), 2024.

MFW American governance collapses into rule by Executive Order and SCOTUS decisions.

Some thoughts on the recent AI executive order @DecryptMedia.

Reuters (Dec. 9): “Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.”

The AI Moratorium Cometh (Kind Of) Quick thoughts on the "One Rulebook" Executive Order

One Rulebook to regulate them all, one EO to bind them.

www.machineculture.io/p/the-ai-mo...

Finally watching House of Dynamite...

In the fog of war, it was reasonable to conclude that the enemy sought to destroy America's greatest national asset... Ohio.

This should be a mural at OMB.

Matthew Mittelsteadt (Senior Researcher at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy) on the risks of patchwork AI policy.

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"US manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted." (Reuters)

Unpredictable, sweeping taxes on US factories are a poor policy for renewing our defense industrial base.

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Happy Think-Tanksgiving to all who celebrate! 🍂🍁

"Burt Glinn Balcony overlooking the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Central Park West. New York City, USA. 1992."

“All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace is the only exception.”

― Simone Weil

One of the weirder episodes in pop music history — the Pet Shop Boys vs Roger Scruton.

www.chapman.edu/research/in...

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The all-seeing eye of Snoopy — 1988 Macy’s Day Parade, photo by Elliott Erwitt.

"I finally got around to watching 1984 — ya know, the one with John Hurt? Anyway, it was bleak, like really grim. You could feel the totalitarian system grinding this poor guy into a powder. So, I turned to my friend and I said to him, 'This movie is outrageous, man. I mean, it's really Orwellian!'"

To drive out bad political theology, you need to articulate good political theology.

Matthew Hamilton (@Sir_Matthew_D) — Managing Director of Georgetown's Initiative for AI & Democratic Citizenship — does exactly this in his launch essay. Recommended.

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Shrinkflation has gotten out of control. A "bailout" used to get you billions in direct subsidies, now all you get is an EO.

A very cultivated pun from the FT.

Bono as Guide to the post-AGI cosmos...

A moratorium on state laws and comprehensive federal legislation on AI are dead in the water without sustained, focused leadership from the White House. More is needed if this has any hope of getting through.

Paperweights, 1st Edition Chatbot spies, AI ethnography, and Bono

More here. www.machineculture.io/p/paperweig...

Bono as Guide to the post-AGI cosmos...

"About as good as it comes... up here, the brain power. The greatest power of them all, the brain power." 🦾🇺🇸

Michael Richards on Miami Vice — the truth behind Kramerica Industries.

In the wake of the continuing fallout from the congressional vote on "the Epstein files," you can expect the admin to be eager to push through new policy victories with legislation like this, but the effort will need more continuous "oomph" than the occasional Truth Social Post.

Tying AI laws to the NDAA is a high-risk, high-reward strategy for preemption advocates, especially as state-level GOP lawmakers feel energized by their efforts to regulate AI and halt federal legislation this summer.

Everything Is Computer Cybersecurity, NIST, and Federal AI Legislation

I talked with Lauren Wagner and Matt Mittelsteadt about this a few months back — worth revisiting as Congress flirts with the AI moratorium 2.0.

Pt I: www.machineculture.io/p/a-patchwo...
Pt II: www.machineculture.io/p/everythin...

State GOP lawmakers are skittish on AI and energized by their pushback this summer. Trump needs the full power of the bully pulpit and a strong legislative strategy if preemptive legislation has any hope of materializing.