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WARM UP
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Booth, Octagonal City,
▼ https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2025/jul/25/an-octagonal-city-and-the-closed-acropolis-photos-of-the-day-friday
Polar bears in shopping malls, fibreglass mountains, indoor rainforests: how humans got addicted to faking the natural world
▼ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/24/humans-addicted-faking-natural-world-anthropocene-illusion-zed-nelson-aoe
Giant trolls have a message for humans about protecting the planet
▼ https://apnews.com/article/giant-troll-sculptures-filoli-thomas-dambo-15a070f5eba15e3a74721a7c2d23eb6e
Wet Wedding
▼ https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/philippines-flood-wedding-barasoain-church-rain-couple-818e5b8834289c29846880999d323ea9
Kim Kardashian
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SERAPHINNE VALLORA
▼ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o
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Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA)
▼ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77v2kx304go
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SAM ALTMAN WARNING
▼ https://apnews.com/article/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fed-ad87262a4c1e71a0695ff6d06a2586f2
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Here are some of the key topics Sam Altman has previously warned about:
1. Existential risk from unaligned AGI
- He’s cautioned that without strong alignment research and safety measures, a future artificial general intelligence (AGI) could act in ways that are harmful or uncontrollable.
- Altman has called for increased investment in alignment research to ensure that AGI’s goals remain aligned with human values.
2. AI “arms race” and the need for regulation
- He has argued that a global race to build ever-more-powerful AI—without shared safety standards—could lead to dangerous shortcuts on safety.
- To counter this, he’s advocated for well-designed government regulation, international treaties, and industry cooperation.
3. Disinformation and deepfakes
- Early on, Altman warned that as AI-generated audio, video, and text become more convincing, they could be used to amplify political manipulation, fraud, and social discord.
- He’s urged social platforms, researchers, and policymakers to invest in detection tools and content-verification standards.
4. Job displacement and economic impacts
- He’s spoken about how advanced AI systems may automate large swaths of white- and blue-collar work, potentially creating major economic disruption.
- Altman has proposed ideas like universal basic income (UBI) or other social-safety net expansions to help societies adapt.
5. Concentration of power in a few large AI labs
- Altman has warned that if only a handful of well-funded organizations control the most capable AI systems, it could lead to imbalances in economic and geopolitical power.
- He’s supported broader access to compute and open research efforts to democratize AI capabilities.
6. Dual-use concerns
- He’s highlighted that powerful AI tools can be used for both beneficial applications (medicine, climate modeling) and harmful ones (biothreat design, cyber-attacks).
- Altman has encouraged researchers to adopt responsible-disclosure practices and for labs to maintain rigorous internal governance.
Overall, Altman’s public warnings have ranged from near-term issues—like fraud and deepfakes—to longer-term governance and existential-risk concerns around AGI.
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