Episode 92 - Shut it Down!

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: FAA is “optimistic [about issuing a license] sometime next month" for Starship’s second launch Government shutdown impending this weekend New war just dropped between Armenia and Azerbaijan Biden impeachment inquiry announced Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey being indicted on bribery charges Ken Paxton acquitted  Writers strike is over! Various old people who don’t know how AI works are suing OpenAI for writing fanfic when prompted to write fanfic The Marines, uh, kinda lost an F35 Amazon invests up to $4 billion in Anthropic Happy News! JWST finds evidence of a molecule only produced in nature by phytoplankton on an exoplanet US Copyright office continues to hold that AI Art is not copyrightable Gavin Newsome vetoed a bill to require drivers in autonomous trucks Cavities have been cured!!! They Got the Lead Out of Turmeric! (in Bangladesh) Palisades Nuclear Plant to (probably) reopen ChatGPT diagnosed a 7yr olds tethered cord syndrome after 17 doctors failed to Turns out there’s an assload of lithium in Nevada, which is a good step 1 to getting Chinese slave labor out of the green tech market * E - Possibly largest lithium deposit in the world discovered on Nevada/Oregon border. Mining to begin in 2026. But Holy? * E - NASA’s first asteroid samples from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday * David: Probably the West Desert, where I go shooting! * E - Dude jumps in river to save drowning child, doesn’t remove shoes! * Troop Deployment * David - CHARGE $85 FOR VIDEO GAMES YOU A******S * Eneasz - Controlled Misery can make you stronger Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at [email protected]. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra

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