Great White Sharks

 Nellie Bowles reports that Bernie Sanders held a discussion with Chinese, Canadian, and US professors about the existential threat of AI. 

 → Well, I’m sure China is doing this altruistically: Bernie Sanders hosted an event on The Existential Threat of AI. It featured the dean of the Beijing Institute of Al Safety and Governance and a professor from Tsinghua University. Wow, all the Chinese professors think America should stop pursuing artificial intelligence research, maybe we should listen to our foreign friends! They also keep saying that we should disband our military. Seems thoughtful and reasonable. This just in: Great white sharks think seals should stop jumping out of the water and actually just stay in and float around a while.

China and Russia have also contributed heavily to American environmental causes over the years.  Which is odd, because they don't spend much on their own environmental causes. It's a puzzle. AI might in fact be an existential threat and we may need to have serious discussions with lots of people.  I'm just not sure we should start with the Chinese...

Do you think there are Chinese preppers? That might be an international conference worth having.