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John Baez (Jul 18 2024 at 09:30):Today I learned that Trump's vice presidential pick has unlocked a lot of financial support from Silicon Valley billionaires, because Vance is deeply connected to folks like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreesen, who are afraid that Biden will rein in AI and crypto. I hope everyone using applied category theory for these technologies, or tech in general, keeps paying attention to these developments.
Morgan Rogers (he/him) (Jul 18 2024 at 15:30):Oof where are the billionaires funding AI legislation?
Ryan Wisnesky (Jul 18 2024 at 17:46):fwiw, we try to compete against Thiel and palantir not just on tech, but on ethics. The open-source ACT community clip art associating sigma/delta/pi with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings silmarils jewels at http://silmarils.tech actually has an anti-palantir bent: in Lord of the Rings, the creators of the palantiri had a great foe, who wore a crown with three jewels. So I can offer this artwork as a symbol of resistance.
Kevin Carlson (Jul 18 2024 at 18:15):Kind of odd to imagine identifying with Team Morgoth, but I see where you're coming from!
Ryan Wisnesky (Jul 24 2024 at 15:43):the onion's thoughts on the matter: https://www.theonion.com/j-d-vance-vows-to-fight-for-forgotten-communities-in-s-1851602605