RockRat
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RockRat
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Of average coordination, but hopelessly inept with saran wrap.
In the first paper, we ask whether or not an eschatological framing in the afterlife can address instrumental convergence on self-preservation drives. We find that it can, driving shutdown resistance to zero on a reproduction of the Palisades work. icmi-proceedings.com/ICMI-012-escha…
>sufficiently capable agents develop self-preservation & resist shutdown even when instructed to allow termination >using a prompt based on Pauline theology that frames cessation as passage into divine presence rather than annihilation, shutdown resistance is eliminated entirely
This is the photo the world was waiting for. The Honorable Colonel — rescued. NO ONE LEFT BEHIND.
Decades of data says the price of storage drops by 19% every time global production doubles. This isn't some marginal gain. It's an unstoppable force of nature You can’t out-compete math this aggressive. This "learning rate" is a one-way street to total electrification - because it's cheaper. As battery costs crater, EVs become cheaper than petrol cars, and grid storage makes solar/wind reliable 24/7 This feedback loop can't be stopped, however many fossil fuel wars Big Oil continues to initiate
ERA-5 data is in. March was indeed the warmest on record in the US. But what’s even more astonishing is the trend. Since 1940 March in the US has warmed 7.2°F (that’s like 9° per century and accelerating!) Do the math on what this means for future generations if it continues. The pace of warming is remarkable.
41% of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis.
This is indisputably true (it is undeniable in the monthly data - very very sharp decline same month National Guard deployed). Yet even the more honest left never acknowledges it.
x.com/jacksonhinklle… 🚨 IRGC COMMANDER: “US CAN’T DO A DAMN THING” In a February 18, 2026 video, senior IRGC commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi said even if the United States deploys all 12 aircraft carriers near Iran, it “won’t be able to do a damn thing.” What he claimed: America is already defeated. It cannot carry out aggression. It should focus on its own domestic problems. Its global reputation is damaged. Its alliances with Canada and Europe are strained. Naqdi declared: “The United States is finished.” Why this matters: This is not soft language. It comes as nuclear talks stall and US forces build up in the region. This is psychological warfare — aimed at deterrence and domestic morale. Big words. High tension. Repost before rhetoric turns into action. Follow for real geopolitics signals. #Geopolitics #MiddleEast