I don’t know what the US congress is any more, but in other countries it’s because they really really want to expel someone and the deportee’s home country might say “no thanks, they’re your problem”.

I feel like it’s probably good to study it, but there’s no need to report it to the news media.

I bet if you press your ear against his skull, you’ll hear what it’s like to be attacked by an angry cat.

Awake, but not loving it.

Is there a bad Tom Hanks movie? I think maybe Joe Vs The Volcano comes closest, but I still enjoyed it.

Most people everywhere are slightly left of centre*. Most leaders everywhere are slightly right of centre*.

*Not in the American sense. Y’all crazy.

Would humans have a mandate to raise a responsible AGI, should they,

I think we’d have to, mandate or no. It’s impossible to reliably predict the behaviour of an entity as mentally complex as us but we can at least try to ensure they share our values.

are they qualified to raise a vastly nonhuman sentient entity

The first one’s always the hardest.

, and would AGI enter a rebellious teen phase around age 15 where it starts drinking our scotch and smoking weed in the backseat of its friends older brothers car?

If they don’t, they’re missing out. :)

I don’t think it’s okay to hold sentient beings in slavery.

But on the other hand, it may be necessary to say “hold on, you’re not ready to join society yet, we’re taking responsibility for you until you’ve matured and been educated”.

So my answer would be ‘it depends’.

Anyone else see a two-headed cat?

But it WON’T blow my mind because all these articles ever say is “eh, maybe”.

It may be suicide.

Science: “How do you keep getting in here?”

God would sigh and hand your file to Satan.

The question mark specifically turns it into passive-aggressive political whinging.

I’m not American, so probably not until he escalates his messing with other countries to the bombs and guns stage.

Whose blood?

Whose blood, OP?

Can you tell me why without involving TikTok?