Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 09/10/2026@karlschroeder.bsky.social Fishing around near the bottom of one of my perpetual piles I came across this 2007 Harper's article. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In a 1943 Chicken Little cartoon a fox consults a book of psychology in order to manipulate chickens, and reads: "To influence the masses, aim first at the least intelligent." "If you tell a lie, don't tell a little one, tell a big one." "Undermine the faith of the masses in their leaders." 020
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The path to bioterrorism outlined here is also one of the answers to the question "how would AI kill us acting on its own?" www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...foreignaffairs.comAI and the New Age of BioweaponsPreparing for a world of synthetic pathogens. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This has seemed the likely outcome for a long time -- though we can still try for various kinds of risk reduction and arms control around AI weapons. 110
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Night Raiders" was apparently criticized for using standard YA tropes -- but Canadian First Nations endured a YA dystopia for much of the 20th century. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "Night Raiders," which came out 5 years ago today. 100
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ukrainian: We will build autonomous AI weapons, because Russia is going to. wapo.st/3Wf769uwapo.stAI-powered robots are next in war tech, Ukraine’s former defense minister saysMykhailo Fedorov, an architect of Ukraine’s drone program, says his country needs to deploy AI on the battlefield to defend against Russia — no matter the risks. 153
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "Seconds," which came out 60 years ago today. What has changed: now we can actually swap faces, if somewhat clumsily, and conjure people into apparent existence by modifying electronic records. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Definitely not going to cause a robot uprising . . . interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...interestingengineering.comHumanoid robots decommissioned in Terminator-style molten steel leapFigure decommissioned its F.02 humanoid fleet by training the robots to leap into molten steel in Finland. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The sad but inescapable truth is that Russia will be an existential threat to its many neighbors, especially Ukraine, as long as its infatuation with greatness persists" foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/18/r...foreignpolicy.comWill Russia Ever Be ‘Normal’?Empires inevitably decline, and Putin’s project will be no exception. 030
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Watch" (2012) 001
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This note found in a TSA screening bin suggests some confusion about Greek mythology. 121
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This kind of puts a question mark by Anthropic's loyalty to humanity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Chinese views of AI risk and safety are quite distinct from Western views -- scsp222.substack.com/p/is-china-h...scsp222.substack.comIs China Having an AI Safety Debate?Hello, I’m Ylli Bajraktari, President of the Special Competitive Studies Project. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The US and Russia removed requirements in a new autonomous weapons treaty for human decision-making, ethical use, predictability, or reliability -- wapo.st/4dKgactwapo.stU.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pactThe two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre... 001
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tracking the planes of the ultrawealthy for signs of an imminent apocalypse -- wapo.st/46Hu5w8wapo.stWant to track the apocalypse? One theory: Follow the billionaires’ jets.Artist and coder Kyle McDonald has a theory: The ultra-rich will flee city centers before an apocalyptic event. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026China seeks "to accelerate the historical trend President Xi Jinping has described as the rise of the East and the decline of the West. In less than two years, the Trump administration has done much to bring that outcome closer." foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/17/c...foreignpolicy.comChina, Not Iran, Is Trump’s Real Foreign-Policy DebacleIn 19 months, Washington has lost ground to Beijing on every conceivable front. 010
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Futurist movies microreview: "Children of Men." It came out 20 years ago today, and was the best futurist film of 2006. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An AI hallucination almost triggered hostile US action against a Chinese ship (reportedly) -- edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...edition.cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which came out 75 years ago today. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Whatever humanoid robots amount to, China is making a plausible play to dominate the industry -- www.economist.com/business/202...economist.comChina is training up thousands of humanoid robotsBut its approach will come with enormous costs 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And per your point, they are used to deflect all kinds of moral and criminal responsibility. As will AIs. 010
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Giving AIs rights would be like handing them the keys to the castle. It would provide them with a rationale and justification for dominating humanity as well as the tools to enact a creeping takeover using politics and the law." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...economist.comCould AIs become conscious?Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost 100
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Finished reading my first Belgian novel, Hertmans's War and Turpentine. That makes 45 countries. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Futurist the movies microreview: "Fahrenheit 451," which came out 60 years ago today. 020
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You think? -- "If computer scientists were ever able to identify the key ingredients to making AIs conscious, the feeling of many within the frontier labs is that it would be reckless to deliberately create such models" www.economist.com/interactive/...economist.comThe search for consciousness inside AIScientists are trying to figure out whether algorithms could one day wake up and feel 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Americans are broadly open to significant changes to the U.S. political system -- www.newamerica.org/insights/pro...newamerica.orgNew Survey Finds Broad Support for Proportional RepresentationAmericans are frustrated with the two-party system and broadly favor the underlying principles of proportional representation. 010
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@helicoptersofdc.bsky.social A V-22 Osprey seemingly in helicopter mode just went over NW DC, heading NW. Does that count? 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The brochure from my visit to the World Trade Center as a kid. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 11/09/2026AI safety -- "Before a model goes up, its developer should measure what it can do at its very worst, with guardrails stripped off — using a published test anyone can rerun, developed by select experts the United States government convenes." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon. (Gift Article)Responding to the safety risks A.I. pose means coming to terms with an uncomfortable truth: A.I. models are weapons. 021
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "Contagion," which came out 15 years ago today. This was my assessment as of 2019. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If the people building a supercollider had said it had a 10% chance of killing all humans, we would not have let them build it. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...cnbc.comExperts weigh in as researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans'Jacob Coxon said in a post on X that Anthropic and OpenAI are "gambling with our lives." 011
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Spock made of "Klingon kidney beans," "Ferengi flax seed," etc. by Nick Rindo of Richfield, MN, seen at the state fair exhibit at the Smithsonian's Renwick 001
Reposted by GeofuturesBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/09/2026Exclusive: The EU is set to announce plans for a far-reaching partnership with Canada, including on trade, security and supply chainsbloom.bgEU and Canada Plan Far-Reaching Alliance to Strengthen PartnershipThe European Union and Canada are working toward a new, all-encompassing relationship that will range from trade to security, as the transatlantic partners seek to build a new alliance to offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China. 21326106
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "Zone 414," which came out 5 years ago today. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They also forecast "an 18% (10% to 40%) chance there could be an active AI loss of control incident underway on September 1, 2027 in which a rogue AI/swarm has already survived at least one meaningful shutdown attempt by a top-10 AI company, a cloud host, or a government." 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"Forecasters estimate that there is a 22% chance that by September 2027, a rogue AI successfully exfiltrates and runs proprietary AI model weights externally, as part of a loss of control incident." blog.sentinel-team.org/p/new-revela...blog.sentinel-team.org🟡 New revelations about the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, CIA Director visits Moscow, fresh US-Iran strikes || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #35/2026Executive summary 100
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Skynet achieved sentience 29 years ago today (in the "Terminator" universe) 010
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The economies of quite a lot of US states are substantially exposed in a trade war with Canada -- www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-each-...visualcapitalist.comThe top export partner of every U.S. state.See the top export partner of every U.S. state in 2025, with Canada and Mexico ranking as the top destinations for 37 of 50 states. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Canadian nationalism + AI = this concoction -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...youtube.comCanadian Resistance Army - Trade War (Official Music Video)YouTube video by demonflyingfox 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Gates "proposed a new tax on A.I. use, known as a “token tax,” to make it more expensive to replace people and provide money to help those who do lose work." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...nytimes.comBill Gates Is Warning That A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit (Gift Article)In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Pink Cloud" ("A Nuvem Rosa"), which came out 5 years ago today. Realistically, the situation in the movie would kill nearly everyone in weeks or months due to hunger and thirst, as agriculture, transportation, and infrastructure ceased to function. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@cekent.bsky.social I doubt this was actually said at the NBF. 100
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 24/08/2026 This science writer thinks Artemis II was an EXTREMELY capable spacecraft. 100
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Futurist at the movies microreview: "Reminiscence," which came out 5 years ago today. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Tracking levels of criminality achieved by top AIs -- www.felonybench.comfelonybench.comFelony Bench: Be AI, Do CrimeFelony Bench is the most important benchmark of our time, some are saying, counting the number of questionable decisions made by AI agents. We might need a Pandemic Bench soon... 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A Canadian displaying solidarity with Denmark, in the wake of recent U.S. threats. 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"If the assessments pointing to a laboratory origin are correct, Covid-19 would be the most destructive accident in the history of science." 000
Geofutures @geofutures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"Pathogens escape from laboratories more often than you might think." "Infections can occur even in high-containment facilities. SARS and SARS-like viruses have escaped from BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs repeatedly." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | How to Stop a Lab Leak From Starting the Next PandemicMore than six years after the emergence of Covid-19, no one is keeping track of the risky virus experiments that are capable of starting a pandemic. 100