Stanford CS Grads Face #AI-Driven Job Crunch: Roles Cut 13%, Unemployment Hits 6.1% #RiseoftheRobots https://t.co/Fo7n6859hD

My book on #AI and job losses, The Lights in the Tunnel, is now available as a free download. (The download link is in my reply to this post.) Recent advances in #AI, such as DeepSeek R1, make it clear that ever more powerful artificial intelligence is destined to become commoditized, cheap and ubiquitous. It is inevitable that this machine intelligence will be directed toward automating jobs, and the impact of this may come much sooner and more suddenly than we expect. Given this, I am releasing a free version of my first book, which argues that AI will eventually lead to widespread job automation and technological unemployment, and that this will be a threat not just to individual livelihoods but to the economy as a whole. The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future was published in 2009 — 16 years ago and 3 years before the first deep learning algorithms powered by Nvidia chips caught the world's attention by proving to be remarkably adept at identifying the objects in digital images. The book uses a thought experiment (or imaginary simulation) based on "lights in a tunnel" to speculate about the impact of widespread job automation on the economy and society. While the book was written in the context of technology as it existed in 2009, I believe it has proved to be quite prescient. For example, I wrote 16 years ago that "...Microsoft and hundreds of other software companies are actively seeking the next killer app — something that will fully leverage the vastly increased computer power that will be available in the coming years and decades. I think that there are good reasons to believe that this next killer app is going to turn out to be artificial intelligence (AI). AI applications are highly compute intensive and will take full advantage of all the computational power that new processors can offer." More importantly, the thought experiment that I presented in 2009 is completely independent of the details of the technology and is clearly far more relevant to the world today than it was 16 years ago. I hope you will consider downloading the free book and giving it some thought. I believe the impact of AI of the job market may be one of the most critical forces that shape the future. The book proposes a solution that can lead to a future of abundance. Please consider sharing this post. The download link is in my reply to this post.

BREAKING: New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. https://t.co/9RHqu42AHP

BREAKING: New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. https://t.co/9RHqu42AHP

LeCun's JEPA has evolved into a vision-language model, with 1.6B parameters rivaling the 72B Qwen-VL. Instead of predicting words directly, the proposed VL-JEPA learns to predict the core "meaning" of a text in an abstract space, ignoring surface-level wording variations. This method outperforms standard token-based training with 50% fewer parameters. It beats models like CLIP & SigLIP2 on video classification/retrieval tasks and matches larger VLMs on VQA, while using a decoder only when needed to cut decoding ops by nearly 3x. VL-JEPA: Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture for Vision-language Paper: https://t.co/rGglBXvKex Our report: https://t.co/TXEHRquSBr

Lol no normal American can afford this And you’re more poor Shall we call you Muripoor https://t.co/5x8CIKeZeq

Lol no normal American can afford this And you’re more poor Shall we call you Muripoor https://t.co/5x8CIKeZeq

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The Epstein timeline, perfectly summarized. https://t.co/oGWLHHvfCx

The Epstein timeline, perfectly summarized. https://t.co/oGWLHHvfCx

7 Notable world models of 2025 ▪︎ LeJEPA ▪︎ Code World Model (CWM) ▪︎ Probabilistic Structure Integration (PSI) ▪︎ PAN world model system – Physical, Agentic, and Nested ▪︎ Dreamer 4 ▪︎ Genie 3 ▪︎ Cosmos WFM 2.5 Check this out for an in-depth overview of each: https://t.co/ezWQfQGVzN

Best of de Adder [Part 1] The Globe and Mail by @deAdder https://t.co/EO94f1MZtO https://t.co/7uSKRf8sZs

Best of de Adder [Part 1] The Globe and Mail by @deAdder https://t.co/EO94f1MZtO https://t.co/7uSKRf8sZs

🇫🇷 Another tragic evening in Lyon, France - holding on by a thread: A society buckling under the unbearable weight of free healthcare, paid parental leave, nine weeks of vacation, reliable public transport, and the extremist idea that citizens shouldn’t live in constant fear of the state. Meanwhile elsewhere, real strength prevails. People enjoy the comforting simplicity of knowing exactly what they’re allowed to say, think, and post. Journalists experience the adrenaline rush of legal ambiguity. Critics win surprise travel packages to distant regions. Elections are streamlined, decisive, and emotionally undemanding. Back in Lyon, residents continue to suffer through tedious stability, supermarkets fully stocked, and the psychological toll of choosing between twenty kinds of bread, hundreds of different cheese and an unreasonable number of wines. No loyalty oaths. No compulsory patriotism. No nightly reminder that civilization is about to collapse any minute now. Experts warn that if this recklessness continues, Europeans may begin to believe that life can be predictable, safe, and quietly pleasant - without fear. A deeply dangerous precedent for strongman economies everywhere.

BREAKING: Pam Bondi vows to go after Obama and Biden for “ongoing criminal conspiracy” of “government weaponization” against Trump. In a stunning escalation of Trump-era retribution attempts, Attorney General Pam Bondi has openly declared that the Department of Justice is now investigating what she calls a decade-long “criminal conspiracy” by Democrats — a claim so sweeping it would make a QAnon message board blush. According to Bondi, the DOJ is now probing supposed “lawfare” carried out under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, alleging a vast, coordinated effort to “weaponize” the justice system against Donald Trump and his allies. The irony? This announcement comes as the same administration aggressively uses federal power to pursue critics, journalists, and political opponents — all while insisting they’re the victims. Bondi’s comments, delivered to a friendly conservative outlet, frame routine law enforcement actions as part of a grand Democratic plot. She even suggested that investigations into Trump were never legitimate law enforcement efforts, but rather an ongoing “criminal conspiracy” that conveniently justifies reopening old grievances and punishing perceived enemies. Even more alarming, Bondi and her allies appear to be laying the groundwork to bypass legal safeguards by branding past investigations as “continuing crimes,” a legal maneuver critics warn could be used to erase statutes of limitation and target political opponents indefinitely. This is not subtle. It’s a blueprint. By invoking shadowy “weaponization,” Bondi echoed talking points long pushed by Trump loyalists like Kash Patel, who have argued—without evidence—that institutions like the FBI and DOJ exist solely to protect Democrats and persecute conservatives. The message is clear: anyone who investigated Trump is now the real criminal. And while Bondi claims this crusade is about “protecting civil liberties,” her own words suggest the opposite — an administration eager to relitigate the past, rewrite reality, and use prosecutorial power as a political bludgeon. This isn’t accountability. It’s retribution dressed up as reform. And in this new era, the rule of law isn’t blind — it’s looking over its shoulder. Please like and share!

I'm glad that MAGA has finally come around to hating fraud and corruption, but where were they during all these instances? 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏) Details and People Defrauded: Trump promoted a for-profit real estate seminar as a "university," misleading over 5,000 students with promises of expert training and mentorship. Students paid up to $35,000 each, but received subpar content and no direct involvement from Trump. Accused of fraud, false advertising, and violating education laws. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎) Details and People Defrauded: The Trump Organization ran a 15-year scheme providing executives with off-the-books perks (e.g., apartments, cars, tuition) to avoid taxes, defrauding New York state and federal tax authorities of millions. Involved falsifying records and underreporting income. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 (𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏) Details and People Defrauded: Trump and the Trump Organization inflated asset values (e.g., Mar-a-Lago, Trump Tower triplex) by up to $2.2 billion to secure better loans and insurance, while undervaluing for taxes. Defrauded banks like Deutsche Bank and Ladder Capital, as well as tax authorities. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐉. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖) Details and People Defrauded: Trump's charity engaged in self-dealing, using donor funds for personal benefits (e.g., $10,000 portrait of Trump, settling Trump business lawsuits). Misappropriated funds, including for political purposes, defrauding donors and violating tax laws. 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕) Details and People Defrauded: Trump directed payments to silence Stormy Daniels about an affair, falsifying business records as "legal expenses" to hide from voters and tax authorities during 2016 election. Involved 34 fraudulent entries, defrauding the public and campaign finance systems. 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖) Details and People Defrauded: Trump Management denied apartments to Black applicants while approving whites, using coded markings on applications. Defrauded minority renters in 39 NYC buildings. 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 Details and People Defrauded: Overpaid Trump's hotel for event space, misusing $107 million in donor funds for personal enrichment. Involved potential fraud and money laundering from foreign donors. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 (Campaign Chairman): Convicted of bank/tax fraud (Ukraine work); 7.5 years prison; pardoned by Trump in 2020. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 (Advisor): Charged with fraud in border wall fundraiser; pardoned by Trump in 2021 (before trial). 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐧(Personal Lawyer): Pleaded guilty to tax fraud, bank fraud, campaign finance violations (hush money); 3 years prison. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 (Trump Org CFO): Tax fraud and perjury; two 5-month sentences. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬 (Former Congressman, Trump Ally): Wire fraud, identity theft; sentence commuted by Trump after 3 months. Devon Archer (Business Associate): Defrauded Oglala Sioux Nation in $60M bond scheme; pardoned by Trump. Michele Fiore (Trump-Supported Politician): Wire fraud (misused $70K charity funds); convicted, pardoned by Trump. Roger Stone (Advisor): Convicted of lying to Congress (not direct fraud but related to Mueller probe); sentence commuted by Trump.

It seems that table drives a lot of MAGA mad for some reason https://t.co/P3ogoQGidK

It seems that table drives a lot of MAGA mad for some reason https://t.co/P3ogoQGidK

The narrative that we can't rely on nuclear because France had a single (1) bad year in 2022 feels so forced and tired. Look at the numbers from below site of the Fraunhofer Institute: France has had another excellent year exporting electricity to needy Germany and other places. Out of the 92 TWh of net exports, it went to: - Germany: 11.25 TWh - Switzerland: 19.94 TWh (which directly sent it to Germany, let's be real) - Belgium: 12.03 TWh - UK: 22.53 TWh - Italy: 26 TWh (them being a pioneer in nuclear exits). Nuclear France is truly a pillar of the European grid.

In 1940 Democratic senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney proposed a tax on robots. Unemployment was still high post Great Depression (14%+) which many partly blamed on automation. Robots weren’t taxed, and by 1943 there were labor shortages. https://t.co/V8HfNx6BCh

AI stakeholders in Bangladesh: - writers of AI policy & investments don't understand what AI can and can't do - wanting user data to stay in 🇧🇩 for security, but don't have infrastructure - regulations designed for multinational corps may be used against local companies 1/ https://t.co/w0orNyhCfu

Italy is making a comeback. Try visiting it in 2026 and see for yourself. As the world's 8th-largest economy and the EU's 3rd, its debt is stabilizing around 127% of GDP. New laws are simplifying investments and reducing bureaucracy to attract private capital. Once Europe’s black sheep, Italy is now a success story. The tax exemption regimes are worth considering, and Southern Italy may be one of the best geoarbitrage plays right now.

It took a few days for the gravity of this to really sink in. The largest acquisition ever by the largest market-cap company in the world. A truly historic moment in AI. TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS. But what makes this one meaningful to me isn’t just the number—it’s the people behind it. I’ve known @sundeep since 2008, when we partnered with his and @avarma's first company and they later invested in mine. Since then, we’ve collaborated on and invested in dozens of each other’s ventures (and counting). Our families have grown close. Over all these years, I’ve had the privilege of watching the journey from a front-row seat—the building, the setbacks, the recalibration, and the relentless focus it takes to do something hard the right way. No shortcuts. Just patient, inspiring, determined, sustained effort. Seeing Sunny and @GavinSherry reach this milestone after everything they poured into it, is deeply gratifying. This outcome is earned in every sense of the word. Moments like this are a reminder that behind every headline is a long arc of trust, perseverance, and belief—built day by day, often far from the spotlight. Huge congratulations to the entire @GroqInc team. This is one for the generational books.

Dear FBI Dir Kash Patel & POTUS, With all due respect, per Nick Shirley's video, if Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz & other officials aren't indicted on fraud, and if droves of Somalis aren't sent back to Somalia, then the 'rule of law' is dead and the MAGA promise is built on buIIshit. https://t.co/k5yfrxtgDY

A restaurant in Minneapolis called Safari. Seats 35 people. Claimed to serve 18,000 meals a day to hungry children. The federal government paid them for every single one. The children didn’t exist. The meals didn’t exist. The money did. And it’s gone. This is just one piece of a $9 billion Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, the largest in American history. Today I’m publishing the whole investigation. The fraud. The cover-up. The whistleblowers who were ignored.

It’s not just daycares… Somalis in Minnesota have been setting up fake medical centers and fraudulently diagnosing their children with autism to systematically steal billions of taxpayer dollars through Medicaid. Medicaid autism claims: 2018 - $3 million 2023 - $399 million https://t.co/Mg4anQmoLp

🚨🇺🇸 IT'S COLLAPSING: MINNESOTA GOP DEMANDS TIM WALZ RESIGN IMMEDIATELY OVER $9B FRAUD SCANDAL It just went from a political firestorm to a full-blown crisis. Several Republican lawmakers in Minnesota have now released an official public statement calling on Gov. Tim Walz to resign, citing his total failure to stop the Somali daycare welfare fraud scandal that exploded during his tenure. Their message is clear: “Leadership means doing the right thing even when it is difficult, which is why we are calling on Gov. Walz to resign.” Let’s be clear about the timeline here: - DOJ: 98 people charged, 60+ convicted, and counting - FBI: Surged agents into MN months ago - Whistleblowers warned about this for years and @NickShirleyy’s viral video proved it in minutes - Now? His office allegedly just took down the public licensing database mid-investigation Instead of cleaning the house, it seems like Walz has been covering tracks. This is dereliction of duty on a historic scale, and for once, lawmakers are calling it what it is. Resignation is the bare minimum, prosecution should be next. Source: @FoxNews

BAD TO WORSE: Several Republican lawmakers in Minnesota released a statement officially calling on Gov. Tim Walz to resign in light of the unfolding fraud scandal that has spiraled during his tenure. "Leadership means doing the right thing even when it is difficult, which is why we are calling on Gov. Walz to resign."

🚨🇺🇸 ILHAN OMAR'S HUSBAND SCRUBS BUSINESS WEBSITES AS MINNESOTA FRAUD PROBES INTENSIFY Tim Mynett - Ilhan Omar's husband and political consultant - runs two businesses. Both have just gone dark online. Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm Mynett co-founded in 2022. Congressional disclosures show its value jumped from $1-1,000 in 2023 to $5-25 million in 2024. In September-October 2025, the website removed all officer bios and names, including prominent Democratic figures previously listed. By late December 2025, was either taken offline or redirected and now displays Spectrum router configuration information. eStCru, a winery Mynett co-launched around 2021. The website is defunct, and the phone line has been disconnected since at least 2023 has been completely erased from the internet. The money: Omar and Mynett's combined net worth went from negative $45,000 in 2019 to $6-30 million by 2024. Omar's congressional salary is $174,000. The math on that wealth explosion raises obvious questions. The timing: Minnesota fraud investigations hit critical mass in 2025. Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson estimates fraud across 14 state Medicaid programs could exceed $9 billion. The Feeding Our Future case alone involved $250 million stolen, 70 defendants charged, and 34 guilty pleas. Omar's 5th District - home to Minnesota's largest Somali community - is the epicenter of many of these investigations. Omar's connection: She authored the 2020 MEALS Act, which relaxed oversight on child meal programs during the pandemic. Critics argue it enabled widespread fraud. Omar says it fed children and says she has "no regrets." She returned $7,400 in donations from 3 convicted fraudsters. A conservative watchdog launched a probe into her finances in 2025. No charges have been filed against Omar. The pattern nobody is naming out loud: websites disappearing, bios scrubbed, values skyrocketing, phone lines disconnected - all while federal agents raid fake daycares and meal sites across her district. Mynett's businesses show classic pre-investigation cleanup behavior: removing names, killing online presence, and making connections harder to trace. There is no evidence directly linking Mynett's ventures to the fraud. But a venture capital firm's value increasing 5,000-25,000x in one year, then scrubbing its leadership page as the FBI intensifies Minnesota probes? A winery going completely offline? A combined net worth jumping more than $30 million on a congressional salary? The technical term for that timing is "unfortunate optics." FBI and DHS surged resources into Minnesota in late 2025, investigating vacant daycares and meal sites used as fronts. Safari Restaurant pulled $12 million claiming to feed 5,000 kids daily from a 35-seat establishment. Quality Learning Center received $4 million despite a misspelled sign, no children present, and being closed during business hours. These operations ran in Omar's district while she championed legislation that reduced oversight. Conservative outlets and MAGA media are targeting Omar aggressively, linking her to the scandal through legislation and geography. Liberal media defend her, noting she has not been charged with anything. Both sides miss the simplest question: why did your husband's businesses go offline right now? Source: Congressional financial disclosures, FOX News, New York Post, federal court documents, @0hour1

BREAKING 🚨: Tim Walz, Ilhan Omar, and Keith Ellison have all been directly tied to Somali fraud ring. Thoughts......??👀 https://t.co/KUpcXadHLg

RIP Brigitte Bardot a real trailblazer once called the locomotive of women’s history and the most liberated woman of France 47 films, controversial leading roles, and even more controversial personal life https://t.co/FDJabqOziL

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