Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - I'll Take Some Natural Intelligence Please

It's been building recently, but yesterday a wave of articles concerning Artificial Intelligence flooded the news, and it's becoming a partisan issue, with Democrats, in general, and in league with Big Tech, calling for more government control, and President Trump, and many Republicans seek to quell the anti-AI movement to preserve America's lead over the Chinese in the field. The Chinese, for their part, are doing all they can to support a growing anti-AI (and anti-data center) movement in the US. It's all too easy to foment fear of the unknown newfangled modern stuff.

From Roger Kimball at Am Great, The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd, "AI is not a departure from mankind’s toiling in the garden of natural knowledge but an extension of that knowledge." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "Oh, is it another existential crisis like Covid and climate change that means we have to surrender our freedom to the smart people? Right on time." Quote David Axelrod @davidaxelrod, "Everyone from AI whistleblowers to the titans of the AI platforms warn about the catastrophic risk to humanity of supeintelligent models that are rapidly evolving. The @POTUS, with deep political and business ties to the industry, dismisses it as a "hoax."" Leslie Eastman at LI, Trump Completely Rejects AI “Experts” Push to ‘Pace the Frontier’ “We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI wins.” Sayer Ji @sayerjigmi, " 1/MAJOR ESCALATION: Barack Obama just told Hakeem Jeffries to make AI regulation the center of the Democratic agenda — “once you are speaker.” The NYT story reads like a former president weighing in. Read it closely and it’s something else: the next domino in an eighteen-day sequence. Here’s the sequence..." From WUWT, UN Tries to Insert itself into Calls for AI Regulation. C3 @C_3C_3, "I’m no expert on AI but… I’m an expert on recognizing an op when I see one. If you lived through Russiagate, Covid & 2020 you can see it. You can feel it. You know it. You’re immune to DC’s ops. And we’re watching an op. BO, Hillary, Uniparty & Media are the tell. Facts." Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel, "Two of the reporters on the byline are funded by the Tarbell Center, an AI doomer org controlled by Kamala Harris megadonor Dustin Moskovitz. Tarbell gives journalists large grants to insert AI doomer stories into prominent outlets. @TIME did not disclose the affiliation." Rooke Poole @rookepoole, "I followed the money behind the “slow down AI” movement. What I found is not a secret conspiracy. It is more interesting than that. It is a documented influence network connecting billionaire funders, nonprofits, creators, media, activists, frontier labs, and lawmakers." Clandestine @WarClandestine, "All the bitching and moaning about AI ending humanity and data centers ruining the world, is propaganda astroturfed by our foreign adversaries. They aim to influence and spook US citizens and lawmakers, to prevent the US from dominating the AI race. All of it is bullshit. The Left used the same exact tactic in an attempt to prevent the US from becoming energy independent. That’s why they are so against fracking, and why they were obsessed with global warming and the green new deal nonsense..." At Althouse, "Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers/The recent spate of reports about the technology’s destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively." "It's time to panic and legislate like hell, according to the headline at The Nation. How can that heavy-handed fear mongering not make a reader skeptical? I would think The Nation would at least want to be cagier about what it thinks of its own readers."

Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out the "third party" Anthropic wants to use to gatekeep AI is *funded* by Anthropic." Quote Kevin Bass @kevinnbass, "I have conducted an audit of Anthropic's finances. What I have found is so shocking that I am calling for a Congressional investigation. Anthropic is not just seeking regulatory capture. It has built a regulatory capture machine that cannot be turned off..." Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "Weird how this resignation coincided with - a bunch of UK parliamentary action, including a letter signed by 70 MPs; - UK hearings scheduled, on this very topic; - the release of a Netflix documentary; and the blog post launch by his former boss calling for exactly this and the control of FOSS models; - 2 months after a leading industry consortium recommended censoring/restricting open weight models, something now being called for across the political spectrum." Quote ABC News @ABC, "Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee who quit his job at Anthropic this week, posted a dire warning on X that set off a wave of concern over the growth of AI. “It's pretty important to keep your eyes open about the direction things are..."

Don Surber says Support AI or learn Mandarin, "Developing artificial intelligence is the 21st century’s moon race. This time, the stakes are survival itself." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "So, the Chinese have officially stated that they consider the calls for an AI pause to be a "power play" and will not be participating in any US-led agreements to slow down development. Following AI-doomer logic, it is now absolutely imperative that we bomb the hell out of Chinese data centers before they achieve hard take-off. Which we are assured could happen *any day now*. Safetyists, this is your chance to demonstrate that you really believe what you claim to. Advocate immediate preemptive war against Chinese data centers, or SHUT UP." From NYPo, China’s spymaster warns that AI is a threat to Communist Party rule." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "OK, that did it. Total AI anarchy, please. Whatever that ChiCom symp doesn’t want. Make it a rule. Carney want that? Nope." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Canada enters the global AI regulation debate, as PM Mark Carney calls for a global “technology stability” body to oversee AI development."

Leslie Eastman at LI, OpenAI Claims Breakthrough in Navier-Stokes Equation, but NYU Mathematician Alleges His Work Was Copied, "Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster asserts OpenAI cribbed the work he and a collaborator had done, which included significant progress toward solving the equation in August. OpenAI announced its team had solved the equation this week."

From News Wax, Vance: Iran War to Enter New Phase in Months. "And then the second phase of this is ensure that they're not able to rebuild and try to maintain as much global stability in the wake of that." At Hat Hair, John Sexton worries How Long Will It Take to Repair That Saudi Oil Pipeline? VodkaPundit at PJM imagines Reagan Smiles: Space Force Confirms We Have Weapons in Space. From Reason, Thomas Massie Just Filed 8 Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth "The Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Hegseth, who is accused of "abusing the power of his office to ignore congressional war powers resolutions, to kidnap foreign leaders, and to intimidate critics of the Trump administration."" Note that Massie lost his primary after Trump supported his opponent.

From Twitchy, Scott Bessent Can't Help but LAUGH As Maxine Waters Froths and LOSES It 'Reclaiming Her Time' -WATCH. At Breitbart Bus, Hey, Chairman Warsh: What’s the Rush?

Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "It’s a pretty nuanced position. I don’t know why we keep misrepresenting it." Quote fauxstonox @fauxstonox, ""The absolute worst country on the face of the planet, straight up, bar none. A capitalist shithole. Kaya, now is not the opportunity. Down... I despise this nation. I despise this country with my entire fucking heart" -- Hasan Piker on the United States of America." Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello, "Keep him blocked. We should probably block him and his administration from having access to the NYPD’s terrorism database too." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Mamdani still without federal security clearance after 9 months as NYC mayor." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "I for one welcome the insight into the deficiencies of western civilization that third world savages provide." Quote Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "I’m fucking crying bro her dad was a Sudanese warlord who abducted hundreds of child soldiers. Dozens of them died of starvation according to this report by Human Rights Watch She was posting pics of her Dad on Instagram this week." Ace cites Comer to DHS: Release the Evidence of Ilhan Omar's Immigration Fraud So That We Can Decide Whether to Expel Her from Congress. "That could be good. But I don't think it will happen, not yet anyway." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "You don’t have to keep smearing him, Ilhan — one of your fellow leftists already murdered him (“some person did something,” in your parlance)." Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Ilhan Omar on Charlie’s ass*ssination: “There is no legacy to honor. It was filled with bigotry, hatred, and white supremacy."" At the Free Bacon, ‘I Don't Wanna Pay It Back’: Socialist Senate Nominee Angie Nixon Says It's ‘Crazy’ She Has To Pay Her Taxes And Student Loans. "Nixon laments the injustice of having to pay her own fair share as she campaigns on raising taxes on the wealthy." PJM's Matt Margolis thinks James Talarico Shouldn’t Be Allowed Near Children, let alone the US Senate. 

From NYPo, Ex-Dem insider exposes what Harris told top donors days before Biden dropped out: ‘All charade’. PJM's Dave Manney hears A Federal Grand Jury Wants Six Years of Gavin Newsom’s Receipts. Reason calls The 'Stop Nick Shirley Act': Yet Another Anti-Doxxing Law That Chills Free Speech. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH. An addiction recovery center in Minnesota accused of stealing millions with fake Medicaid billing has just been exposed to have another account with $25 MILLION They’ve used our stolen tax money to buy: - 3 Minnesota homes - $10.4 million in charges - $3.5 million on leather goods and luggage - $380k jewelry and watches - $150k clothing and shoes - One month of LV charges alone was $440,000 June 2024 spending alone included - $35k at Fendi - $57k at LV - $13k at Hermès - $64k private jet - $41k Airbnb And now a $25 million CD has been discovered..." Aaron Hanscom at PJM thinks You Don’t Realize How Far L.A. Has Fallen Until You Come Back, which is increasing unlikely now that my younger brother Mark moved out. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair as one for the Annals of Progressive Insanity: New CO Petition Proposal Is for the Birds. A "wildlife photography tax."

Stacy McCain has hopes LARRY KRASNER IS COOKED! Philly D.A. Could Face Federal Charges. From Ace, Philadelphia Soros DA Larry Krasner May Have Committed Perjury to the Court to Get a Convicted, Guilty Murderer Off, "Larry Krasner and his "prosecutors" have been questioned and accused by judges of deliberately misstating evidence to contrive reasons to free guilty murders from jail. Two of his "prosecutors" have been disbarred over their flagrant crimes before the court-- all to support meritless appeals so that guilty murders could go free. Krasner is a full supporter of the left's "decarceration" agenda and believes no one should be in prison -- not rapists, not killers, not child sex abusers -- and he's not shy about saying so and he's not shy about putting his communist believes into practice..."

Also Ace, Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Procede with Post Office Scanning of Mail-In Ballots, Claiming (Say It With Me) It's Now Too Late to Implement This Rule and It Would "Cause Chaos" "They did exactly what I said they'd do -- Democrats launched lawsuits to delay things and then the courts slow-played it so they could just say, "Whoops, there wouldn't be enough time to implement these changes now that we've dicked around for weeks and weeks, you lose." This is intolerable." And yet, LI's Mike LaChance reports Pete Buttigieg Says Dems Must Pack SCOTUS Because It’s Too ‘Partisan’ “And I want to be clear. The idea is not to just add justices for its own sake. The idea is to reform the institution, to make it less partisan.” Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Our crazy orange president needs to announce a plan to pack the court, just like Dems keep advocating. He’ll have Dems shouting that court packing is fascism, which will make for useful video clips down the road. Just post it on Truth Social. Sit back and watch heads explode, with backflips." Quote Mike Engleman @RealHickory. "People need to stop saying we have a conservative 6-3 Supreme Court! It's NOT conservative by any means! It voted to implement Obamacare, birthright citizenship, and against any form of election security/integrity, outside of Thomas and Alito!" Hey, that was my idea!

Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP, "Worse threat to the planet than AI." Quote Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "“Lindsay Clancy... you are a fucking hero, you are divine feminine rising… you are goddess incarnate woman... You are an inspiration... fuck patriarchy" Nothing says "fuck the patriarchy" quite like murdering your children I guess..." From Ace, "Rogue" Juror's Family: We're Being Subjected to Constant Harassment and Menace by "Crazy" People. "Before that: One of the Lindsay Clancy cultists killed her baby while singing a song from the Wizard of Oz." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "The holdout juror in the Clancy case is a "devoutly Catholic Haitian immigrant." His brother says faith had nothing to do with refusing to acquit a woman who killed her 3 kids. He and his family live in fear of retribution by the self-righteously tolerant." From nypost.com Wanye Kest @skeeminarmenian, "Libs support ICE deportations in 3…2…1…" Jonathan Turley has a A Response to Kevin Reddington: The Secret to “Sleeping Well” for the defense attorney.





Wesley Yang @wesyang, "Rampant grade inflation means that grades don't tell us anything about a person's competency. The UC system doesn't accept standardized tests, which do tell us about a person's competency. The UC system is now flooded with people that require remedial education." Quote Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "The UC system is being flooded with students with 4.0 GPAs. It is now over 100,000 a year (left). Yet California 11th graders proficiency levels haven't budged (right)." Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell, "“The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew, dismantling civilization bit by bit — replacing what works with what sounds good.” — Thomas Sowell"

From Fox, Smithsonian’s dark take on America exposed: Washington dubbed ‘town destroyer,’ Revolutionary War ‘dangerous'. "Fox News Digital visited the Manhattan museum and found exhibits highly critical of George Washington and early America."

Victory Girls are scandalized about a Charlie Kirk Statue Vandalized Outside TPUSA Headquarters. Just think about the people who did it, and consider it an honor.

Bob Spencer at PJM hears an Islamic Scholar Says Grooming Gangs ‘Have Nothing to Do With Islam.’ (Except They Do.) The Spectator @spectator, "'Is Elon Musk clear that a lot of grooming cases he talks about happened ten years ago?' Rory Stewart explains why he believes there are more important issues facing Britain than gangs of 'predominantly Pakistani Muslim men' grooming women and girls. Watch in full | http://youtube.com/watch?v=qmf26sXuGyk" Human Events@HumanEvents, "UK police caught harassing "gender-fluid Muslim woman" in burqa at anti-immigration protest." "The 76-year-old in a burqa was arrested under the Crime and Policing Act, a recently passed British bill that bans face coverings in protests but conveniently carves out an exception for religious apparel like the burqas and niqabs worn by Muslim women who subscribe to religious modesty dress codes." Michael Shellenberger at Public, Many Democrats Today Agree With Republicans That Trans Is “Crazy.” Imagine Their Shock When They Learn It’s Also A Sexual Fetish. "As the GOP brands its opponents as mentally ill, it’s hard to remember that transgenderism was once politically advantageous." From the College Fix, UW-Madison hosts drag show for welcome week festivities.

You can't imagine how happy in makes me that Sydney Sweeney is back in the news. Jim Treacher says Sydney Sweeney Is Jiggling All the Way to the Bank. Damn right, and she earns every penny nickel. Ace, Feminists and Media Scolds Continue Melting Down Over Sydney Sweeney. Driscoll at Insty, TO BOLDLY GO WHERE ESPN HAS GONE BEFORE: "Sydney Sweeney’s naked betting advert ‘sexualizes’ women’s sport. Sydney Sweeney has been accused of sexualising women in sport after appearing naked in a betting advert. The Hollywood actress posed for Novig, a sports-prediction market company, in a video that has had almost one million views in four days. The advert shows Sweeney sitting topless on a basketball hoop, saying: “So they wanted to show just sports.” After saying “sports” nine times while playing tennis, golf, and baseball in various states of undress, she adds: “You can’t trade this, I just look good here. No betting on wars or deaths, and no politics. Just you and your take on sports.” It closes with her walking away naked. The 29-year-old Euphoria star has been criticised by female athletes, who have accused her of setting back women in sport. Sweeney has set back sports all the way back to 2009, when ESPN magazine’s “The Body Issue” began running images such as these..."

George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "Just to be clear, this is Variety explicitly piling on a popular young actress in an environment where there are not enough movie stars and where studios are openly complaining about not being able to attract men. Variety is no longer a friend to Hollywood." Quote Variety @Variety, "Sydney Sweeney has lost over 200,000 Instagram followers following backlash over her nude sports-betting advertisement. The ad triggered a negative reaction from those who object to its sexualization of women in sports. Several women Olympic athletes have weighed in on the..." Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock@kimmie_c_ "Imagine thinking Sweeney & her glorious tits set women back when it's actually a bunch of pink hat "feminists" defending a mother who blames her hormones for filicide." Quote fuck it we bawl @fuckitwebawl_, "for every act of micro feminism i do sydney sweeney sets feminism 100 years back."

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