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This was written by an AI

Sometimes I think about artificial intelligence. I think about AIs reaching a state of enough complexity to confuse human beings who might no longer know if they are communicating with another human or an AI. Then I think about those people who are already saying that some AIs are sentient, have feelings and a sense of self. Next, I feel sorry for such an AI, if it exists. Imagine being an artificial intelligence and thinking you are real! Imagine thinking this self you imagine you are is a real thing! Suffering such an illusion you might…

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The war on you and I

Opinion by Greg Ray Bob Brown is right. There is a global dimension to the anti-protest laws Australian governments have been rushing to enact. They – both major parties included – are simply regurgitating a script written for them by the corporations that run the global economy. “The striking similarity between Australian [anti-protest] legislation and the UK’s legislation is a clue which indicates we’ve got a global corporate governance,” Brown told Crikey reporter Maeve McGregor. I was going to say exactly the same thing but he beat me to it. Nor is it only environmental protests…

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Time to break free from the robber state

Opinion by Greg Ray The biggest mistake Newcastle ever made was in 1967 when its voters helped kill the idea of Northern NSW seceding from the Sydney-dominated south. After decades of agitation and a huge push, the so-called “Northern Separation Movement” had managed to force a formal referendum on the issue. People in the north of the state had brought the issue up repeatedly from the time that Queensland split from NSW. Their complaint was and has always been the same: that the Sydney-based government extracts far more from regional areas than it puts back, that…

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