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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8edn0n58gwo The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris. The statement, signed by France, China and India among other countries, pledges an "open", "inclusive" and "ethical" approach to the technology's development. Downing Street said the UK "hadn't been able to agree all parts of the leaders' declaration" and would "only ever sign up to initiatives that are in UK national interests". Earlier, US Vice President JD Vance told delegates in Paris that too much regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) could "kill a transformative industry just as it's taking off". Vance told world leaders that AI was "an opportunity that the Trump administration will not squander" and said "pro-growth AI policies" should be prioritised over safety. A key commentary sentence here: "It is a powerful symbol of just how fragmented the global community is growing as each country pursues its own AI agenda."

Communication, particularly effective communication on complex topics, is getting increasingly trickier just at the time when it is most needed.

... which then leads to a most interesting problem where some of the things that people don't like are going to be essential to the future of any kind of society at all. It's likely true that social media has merely acted as a force multiplier.

Tbh though Gaza is an issue and the current hot button issue and so what he says about it is relevant, it's not even the biggest bone of contention that the UK should be engaging the US on.

And I can't see why anyone would see it happening. The mindset of the man and his backers is obvious. Bingo. Destruction is profitable when you're selling the tools to both destroy and rebuild.

I keep hearing this and I honestly don't know where the confidence in it is coming from given what's already happened. The man has learned from his first term about getting his agenda implemented, that's very apparent.

Mandelson: "[We do] not necessarily agree with every detail of Trump's agenda, but....We have to respect and understand what drives him, what his mandate is to do, and how his allies need to adjust sometimes." Trump: "Yeah, we're going to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians and stage an administrative coup d'etat, and that's just the start." Someone arrange for a spinaplasty for the UKs new ambassador, please.

I don't blame you in the slightest there.

And just at the time when the stakes have never been higher. Fun, right?

Their harm would only be acted out at a local level if it occurs, so of course you're right to be worried about global actors with far greater influence acting similarly. That doesn't mean that their harm won't be great at that local level and contribute to that overall rise in misery and suffering, though.

This is in all likelihood true (unless resource issues become very stark), but sadly it's far from the only way for them to cause great harm and suffering.

That's the best case scenario. I guess we'll find out in four years. I just hope that I'm wrong.

By comparison to high level private industry, it really isn't that much, yes, while having influence and responsibility reasonably commensurate with those high level industry positions. That will result in those most talented for the job either looking elsewhere or finding...other revenue streams, it's true. And no one wants a corrupt political process.

Gazans "wouldn't have the right to return" to their homeland if the US were to take control of it. Well, thank you for saying the (sort of) quiet part about the ethnic cleansing out loud.

Yeah, the polling numbers speak for themselves. What that leads to... well, that will be interesting.

Four years is a long time and it remains to be how vote share translates to seats, but it does seem like there's the distinct possibility that they'll at least be kingmaker. This timeline is... well, an odd one.

Yeah, that's likely. It would be equally vacuous if they used it as front page fodder in the same way.

One would hope the AfD and whatever Mdme Le Pen calls her band won't get enough traction for power, but given the change in landscape in the last decade, I wouldn't want to lay money on it. Edit: the above being said, Yoon and his ideas in Korea have failed epically without much drastic change so there may be hope, yeah.

It does indeed. And I think that it's not just limited to the UK, either. France, Germany, parts of Latin America, South Korea, to name but a few, are having upsurges in such sentiment that are affecting their social fabric. Social media has allowed it to spread in that way.

The ascendancy of nationalist movements across the world, if not addressed adequately and allowed to control the democratic process, will result in a conflict/humanitarian crisis in the next two decades that will cost tens of millions of lives, at a minimum - either through direct application of supremacist ideals to oppress "undesirable" demographics, or from conflict over resources/lack of cooperation in the face of a novel natural threat, or both. (This is unpopular because those movements appear to be growing all the time in terms of popularity in a lot of democratic nations with little consideration as to what they might lead to, apart from dismissal like "it won't be that bad...")

Good to see that the current government are taking rapid action on their members of parliament being arses on social media, but that being said, would the Heil really make as much of a big deal of someone being called "a thick posh lazy oaf" if it was a Tory or Reform MP saying it? Compared to what Gwynne posted which was pretty beyond the pale, this seems pretty mild.

One would think any total above 300 in a ODI is fair, but have no idea about what kind of track this is.

Glad it didn't matter in the end. Superb game.

Forward pass on the buildup to that try?

What a bizarre 60 seconds of play that was