An anonymous donor just gave 21 kg (46 lbs) of GOLD BARS…
…to the city of Osaka…
…on the condition that the ~US$3.6mil gets put towards FIXING MUNICIPAL WATER PIPES.
I would like the movie of the backstory of this, please. Like OCEAN’S ELEVEN meets @neorsd.org.
apnews.com/article/japa...
This is largely by design. If we stop thinking about AI as simply technology and instead as part of a political and economic program, its chief function become easier to see: namely to erode interpersonal trust so that ultimately we give up on forms of agreement & negotiation arbitrated by people.
Osaka has received an anonymous gift of gold bars to repair the Japanese city’s aging water pipes. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the donor gave 21 kilograms of gold worth about $3.6 million.
there are so many things to be angry about but at the moment I really fucking hate the fact that I’m expected to be able to recognize AI generated slop text