Heap o' Links Thu Sep 17, 2026

Hoyt: The Mommy Standard
Some — dear Lord — 20 years ago, Libertarians who were friends of mine became very alarmed that our standard for who was human and a life worth keeping had changed. Now, it had effectively become “You’re human if mommy says you are.”

Democrats intend to seize control over artificial intelligence and shape it to their advantage. … AI tech bros are publicly hyperventilating about how their creations will probably murder us all. Wall Street and City of London speculators are promising that society will soon collapse. Big Government priests such as Obama are warning that the situation is dire unless bureaucrats seize more power. The corporate news media are blaring the same sirens that they use for “global warming” and COVID. Obama’s not against the technological reality of artificial intelligence; he just wants to make sure Democrats are in complete control of it.

h/t A♠ Morning Report

Forget Robot Workers, This Company Wants to Build Soldiers
Foundation has secured a $24 million contract with the Pentagon
The Eric Trump-backed startup is on a mission to build robots for heavy industrial work that could one day go to war. … The company’s San Francisco facility can currently produce between 300-500 robots a year, and it is building another site to boost capacity.

h/t Dr. Tar, IOTWreport

Uncontrolled AI could lead to ‘silicon species’ rivalling humans, warns Microsoft
Mustafa Suleyman said rival firm Anthropic is treating AI like it is human, an approach he called "misguided" which could create technology that humanity cannot control.

h/t Blazingcatfur