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Can AI be Aligned with Human Values?
Generative AI engineers report that AI has a mind of its own and tries to deceive humans. The “alignment” problem is much discussed in Silicon Valley. Computer Engineers worry that, when AI becomes conscious and is put in control of all logistics infrastructure and governance, it might not always share […]
How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence
Microsoft’s close collaboration with Tel Aviv — including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis — strongly undermines the tech giant’s claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Last week Microsoft admitted providing large amounts of AI and cloud storage services to […]
Technopopulism’s Trojan Horse: How the Dark Enlightenment Hijacked the Populist Movement
By all appearances, a populist revival is sweeping the globe, from rural heartlands to digital spaces and political rallies. It is a movement claiming to reclaim the nation from the grasp of corrupt elites, transnational bureaucracies, and decaying liberal democracies. But look closer, and the image distorts. What presents itself […]
IMA: Artificial Intelligence And Its Influence On Research/Investigation
Today the Independent Media Alliance (IMA) brings you a panel focusing on artificial intelligence and the many ways that it is influencing or entirely changing research and investigation, as well as the world at large. There are many powerful benefits that can come from utilizing AI in research and very […]
China’s AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Aim To Transform Manufacturing
Employees demonstrate an AgiBot humanoid robot at a China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd. car dealership, in Shanghai, China, April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura © Thomson Reuters China has grown as a Technocracy ever since Zbigniew Brzezinski took Chairman Deng Xiaoping under his wing in 1976. Twenty-four years later, in […]
Can Your Phone Read Your Mind?
Have you ever been thinking about something and then an ad for that very thing comes up on your phone? It isn’t just a coincidence when that happens. Our phones are the greatest surveillance devices that have ever been created in the entire history of humanity. When you carry a phone […]
Are We Having a Zeitgeist Moment on AI and Humanity?
Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name in response to the challenge of AI while warning that the technology threatens human dignity. On television, The Murderbot Diaries is playfully exploring what it means to be a machine with consciousness. Meanwhile, in courtrooms, labs, and tech company boardrooms, the boundaries of personhood and moral status are […]
Technocracy Ascending-Part 5: The Common Good Utopia?
In Technocracy Ascending Part 4, Dark Enlightenment, the Neoreaction(NRx) movement, and accelerationism were exposed as the ideological forces behind the technocrats in the Trump administration. This installment investigates how both Eastern and Western technocrats are creating high-tech utopian societies that supposedly advance the common good of all. Howard Scott of Technocracy Inc. […]
#541: Technocracy Rising | 7Sees
7Sees is a researcher and host of “This Week on the Web” on Ickonic. He lays out the technocratic plan for enslavement that was gaining popularity during the early 1930s, in part due to the influence of Elon Musk’s grandfather. The Technocracy movement was a century ahead of its time, […]
Inside CBDC’s Anti-Trump Rebrand
The planned rollout of a planet-wide network of “interoperable” digital currencies has shifted gears this year. Digital Currency is still the endgame, but – in keeping with the spirit of the age – it seems they are changing the method to create the illusion of sides and choices. We covered […]
