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Half(?) Crazy Man In A Golden House
What to do when someone has powers but no ethics?
Time has interviewed Trump:
Inside the Oval Office, Trump’s redesign is impossible to miss. There is gold everywhere, from the decorative plasterwork to the inscriptions on the ceiling and the gilded frames crowding the walls. The room is so dazzling you practically need sunglasses. Trumpian tchotchkes are scattered about: a FIFA “World Peace Prize” sits next to the Resolute Desk, where the President keeps a commendation given to his uncle during his years as an MIT professor.
At times, Trump’s train of thought was difficult to keep up with, his conversation moving in streams and eddies before circling back to familiar obsessions. He recounted conversations that sometimes sounded improbable.
One wonders how stable the man’s mind is:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s 2026 Interview With TIME (archived) – Time, Oct 1 2026
Q: Last week, you said you might annihilate Iran. That was the word you used.
A: Yeah, I would do that. It’s possible.
Q: You’ve made versions of that threat before. You’ve also called yourself the president of peace.
A: Yeah.
Q: How can the president of peace be calling for the annihilation of an entire people?
A: Because by annihilating Iran, we’ve created peace in the world. With Iran, I don’t think you could ever have peace.
Also concerning:
What Trump Has Built (archived) – Time, Oct 1 2026
Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
I don’t remember or find any reports of celebrations in Venezuela after Maduro was kidnapped. Some Americans though were partying in Florida.
The pope was right to call for artificial intelligence to be “disarmed”.
Posted by b on October 2, 2026 at 17:38 UTC
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The pope was right to call for artificial intelligence to be “disarmed”.
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Posted by: Keme | Oct 2 2026 18:57 utc | 10
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Few peoples around the world want a foreign power to overthrow their governments,
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<= i am seeing strong evidence that dependency on the output of AI maybe habitual.. somehow the brain sees AI output as a reward.. in susceptible humans? Trump may be a susceptible individual?
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Instead of outlawing, down grading or resstricting the development and use of AI, there should be a license, like driving a car, to use AI. ..
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We need some studies to determine if habituation of dependncy on AI, of the type which seems to be happening when susceptibke users are given access to the power of AI is real? A long term business partner of mine, refuses to accept or agree to anything his AI does not approve, recommend or opine on. I give him stuff from my AI and he refuses to include it in his thinking, instead he just feeds my stuff, words,thoughts, etc into his AI (without reading or thinking about my inputs at all).
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To keep it short, I asked AI to explain: …Habituation does not involve one single brain region or neurotransmitter. It is a form of non-associative learning in which the response to a repeated, harmless stimulus decreases, and the mechanism depends on the sensory system and the time scale involved. At the simplest level, habituation is often produced by reduced synaptic transmission in the pathway carrying the repeated stimulus: Sensory pathways: Repeated input can cause less neurotransmitter release from presynaptic terminals or reduced responsiveness of postsynaptic neurons.
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Brainstem circuits: In mammals, short-term habituation of the acoustic startle response involves sensory synapses in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus (PnC), before different sensory signals are integrated. This is associated with synaptic depression, largely involving reduced glutamatergic transmission.
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Springer Higher brain regions: Longer-lasting or more cognitively complex habituation can involve distributed networks including sensory cortex, the thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex, depending on the stimulus and behavior. Superior colliculus/optic tectum: These regions contribute to habituation and filtering of repeated visual or orienting stimuli.
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Olfactory circuits: Habituation to odors involves the olfactory bulb and piriform cortex, with modulation from systems such as norepinephrine.
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Important neurotransmitters include:
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Glutamate: Main excitatory transmitter; repeated stimulation can produce homosynaptic depression and reduced glutamate release or receptor responsiveness.
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GABA: Main inhibitory transmitter; increased inhibitory signaling can reduce the response to repeated input.
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Serotonin: Modulates habituation and can also promote the opposite process, sensitization. Dopamine: Involved particularly in habituation to rewards, novelty, and motivationally significant stimuli.
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Acetylcholine: Helps regulate attention and sensory filtering. Norepinephrine: Regulates arousal, novelty detection, and odor-related habituation.
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So, according to AI, the most accurate summary is: habituation is primarily a circuit-specific reduction in synaptic responsiveness, often involving glutamatergic synaptic depression and GABAergic inhibition, while serotonin, dopamine, acetylcholine, and norepinephrine modulate the strength and persistence of the response. The underlying mechanisms can occur simultaneously at several points in the neural circuit.
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Posted by: snake | Oct 2 2026 19:35 utc | 14
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