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Bullshit generators

dimanche 24 décembre 2023 à 00:20

On the risks of asking a bullshit generator which examples you should cite in a report to a court.

Let's reserve the term "AI" for systems that know the intended meaning of what they say.

Lawsuit over album cover

dimanche 24 décembre 2023 à 00:20

A former baby that was photographed nude for an album cover at the age of 4 months is now suing for "sexual exploitation".

There was nothing remotely sexual in the image that was published.

Government tree plans

dimanche 24 décembre 2023 à 00:20

Government programs to increase the number of trees should focus on how many trees survive, not just the first step which is planting them.

Nikhil Gupta

dimanche 24 décembre 2023 à 00:20

The US will prosecute an Indian for allegedly organizing a plan to kill Sikh separatists living in the US.

Illegal settlers need to be relocated

dimanche 24 décembre 2023 à 00:20

*Two-state solution would mean relocating 200,000 settlers,* according to an Israeli lawyer advising the UK foreign minister who is working toward that solution.

Israel established these "settlements", in knowing violation of the treaties covering military occupation, expressly to prevent establishment of a State of Palestine. We must not allow this to determine the borders of Palestine for the future. It is acceptable if some of the "settlements", complete with current Israeli inhabitants, end up inside Palestine.

The crucial idea is to agree on an acceptable ultimate outcome, then use temporary allowances to make it feasible to reach that outcome after time.

There is no legitimate way to make them all move in a short time. (The method Israel is using in Gaza is not legitimate there or anywhere.) Fortunately, there is no need to aim for that goal. Making those lands and buildings part of the State of Palestine does not require emptying them of inhabitants in a hurry. The crucial thing for creating the state is to establish Palestinian sovereignty and jurisdiction over that territory.

In Israel, I was told that a large fraction of the Israelis who moved to the "settlements" did so to save money. (Apparently inhabiting the settlements was subsidized, just as their construction was.) Those Israelis are not fanatics and would move out if that becomes advantageous.

Palestine could allow Israeli citizens to reside there while paying rent, which Palestine would not subsidize for them. I am sure it would appreciate the income from this.

Israel would be compelled by voters to subsidize the rent paid to Palestine, but for financial reasons would wish to reduce the rate of flow of this money. So it would hasten to build new housing within the agreed-on borders of Israel, enabling Israelis to move out of Palestine.

As for the violent fanatics among the "settlers", Palestine's cops (trained to be less brutal than Israel's Border Patrol) would identify them and deport them to Israel, and they would not get visas to reenter.