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The Iran War ceasefire has collapsed. https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-ceasefire-strikes-c45111ed270afa7dac285016ce07362f Mr Trump finds himself back where he started three months ago: neither carrots nor sticks can persuade Iran to reopen the strait. Yet the stand-off has real costs for Iran, too. Some hawks in Tehran argue that relinquishing their grip on Hormuz would deprive them of…
[Written with the help of GPT-5] Within 200 years, natural Homo sapiens like us will lose control of Earth and of civilization. Intelligent machines and, perhaps, humans who are so heavily upgraded with technology that they count as a new species which I ll call posthumans, will hold all political, economic, and military power and will Continue reading "Three things are certain in life: death,…
The U.S. and Iran continued trading blows while simultaneously working on a peace deal: A schism has developed between America and Israel over the Iran War: The peace deal between the U.S. and Iran does not alter the fundamental balance of power that existed before the war and punts on the hardest issues (Iran s nuclear Continue reading "Interesting articles, June 2026"
[Written with help from GPT-5] Probably more than anything else, I want to live long enough to see the arrival of medical immortality. I don t merely want to avoid death—I want to live forever. As serious and analytical as I can seem, I have an insatiable curiosity and a love of life. I want to Continue reading "What Will Posthumans Do for Fun?"
In spite of the ceasefire, Iran and U.S. sporadically traded fire. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-destroyers-face-second-round-of-iranian-attacks/https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-oil-hormuz-may-14-2026-efb53c39ee6334733e1cb22ca4a6c279 Israel has put nets around their jeeps to protect against terrorist drones. No one has a good solution to the drone threat.…
[Written with the help of GPT-5] I can t stop marveling at how smart, capable and creative ChatGPT has become. Regardless of the weirdness of any idea I put forth to it, the machine will dutifully respond will complete seriousness and scholarliness. For people with curious minds, it s like a drug. The most interesting recent conversation Continue reading "Human cryonics and the problem of…
Israel and America traded more blows with Iran The sides agreed to a cease-fire, but a permanent peace agreement remains elusive. An American F-15 was shot down over Iran. After a daring, complex and expensive operation, both pilots were safely recovered.…
[Written with the help of GPT-5] Plot: She s back! In M3GAN 2.0, the terrifying AI doll returns in a story that leans more into action, humor, and moral ambiguity than the original. The film follows Gemma (played by Allison Williams) as she grapples with the consequences of her earlier creation while navigating a rapidly escalating Continue reading "Review: M3GAN 2.0 "
The U.S. and Israel launched a massive bombing and missile strike campaign against Iran to destroy the latter s military capacity and nuclear program. Iran has retaliated with waves of missile and drone strikes against Israel, U.S. based, and Arab countries. Iran s navy has been practically destroyed. As was long feared, Iran retaliated by attacking oil Continue reading "Interesting articles,…
The head of OpenAI, Sam Altman, recently made this prediction: Fundamentally our business, and I think the business of every other model provider, is going to look like selling tokens. You know, they may come from bigger or smaller models, which makes them more or less expensive. They may use more or less reasoning, which Continue reading "Personal AIs and robots probably won t make the world more…