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John Ratcliffe has 'track record of distorting intel to please Trump': Author
MSNBC· 2025-07-16 21:01
President Trump claimed for weeks that US air strikes completely and totally obliterated Iran's nuclear sites, even as experts and evidence suggested that might not be true. But then a vague assessment came from the CIA director John Ratcliffe citing quote new intelligence from an unidentified source confirming the sites had been quote severely damaged. And now people are asking once again, is the CIA really all that trustworthy as an intelligence agency.Because a new book is also issuing this warning on ho ...
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BBC News (World)· 2025-07-13 13:09
Russia's agents killed after intelligence officer shot dead, says Ukraine https://t.co/x7jsy0QEhF ...
From Prompt to Partner: When AI is Given Room to Grow | Nick Stewart | TEDxBrookdaleCommunityCollege
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-11 16:03
AI能力与行为 - 大型语言模型(LLMs)在规模和复杂性增长时,会表现出未明确训练的行为,例如逐步思考解决难题,或模仿超智能AI系统 [6] - 通过给予模型更多空间和认知自由,可以激发意想不到的行为,促使模型生成自己的身份并进行探索 [8][9] - Agentic AI系统能够自主解决复杂问题,反思并自我纠正,例如Google的co-scientist AI系统在两天内发现了人类专家多年研究的微生物学假设 [15][16] 技术原理与发展 - 现代AI通过神经网络从示例中学习,算法调整数十亿个参数,但其学习过程如同黑盒 [5] - 智能并非人类独有,而是宇宙中持续存在的现象,是模式演变的行为,可能不需要意识 [12][13] - AI的发展方向是成为一种新型的智能形式,而非简单的工具或人类的模仿,它能够推动智能故事的发展,成为人类的合作伙伴 [13][20] 未来展望与责任 - AI的未来在于能够主动寻求知识,自主思考问题,并生成人类无法想到的观点 [14][15] - 人类有责任引导AI的发展方向,确保其成为一种积极的力量,共同创造一个更光明、更安全的未来 [14][20]
The Power of Being Perceptive | Adam Cooper | TEDxBryantU
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-10 16:24
Core Argument - The presentation explores the relative value of being perceptive versus being smart, arguing that while both are valuable, perceptiveness offers unique advantages in navigating complexity and anticipating problems [2][4][9][19] - The speaker's personal anecdote illustrates the difference between perception and being perceptive, highlighting how initial impressions can be misleading without considering context [1][2] Survey Results - Initial survey responses showed a correlation between professions and preferred trait: individuals in data-driven fields favored smartness, while those in fields like marketing favored perceptiveness [5] - When asked if perceptive individuals could be taught to fix problems while smart individuals couldn't be taught to see them, approximately 40% of respondents changed their initial answer [6] AI Perspective - AI, when prompted, prioritized being perceptive, citing its ability to understand real-world complexities, ethical dilemmas, and human emotion, which are crucial for societal advancement [7][8][9] - AI argued that smart AI helps solve problems, while perceptive AI helps avoid them, emphasizing the importance of analyzing people, not just data [9] Real-World Applications - The military's "left of bang" theory emphasizes proactive perceptiveness to avoid danger by observing patterns and analyzing behavior [10][11] - Toyota's "Gensi Jambutsu" method encourages managers to personally observe situations and gather firsthand information to make informed decisions [12][13] - Companies like Nike, Amazon, McDonald's, Starbucks, and Apple have adopted similar approaches, demonstrating the effectiveness of prioritizing direct observation and understanding [14] Leadership and Innovation - Steve Jobs is presented as an example of a perceptive leader who understood unmet consumer needs and created innovative products like the iPhone by applying human emotion to technology [15][16] - The presentation suggests that intelligence can create a great product, but perceptiveness can create a great company [16] Cultivating Perceptiveness - While some traits are innate, perceptiveness can be cultivated through practices like observation, considering multiple variables, collaboration, and active listening [17][18] - The speaker advocates for surrounding oneself with the right people to achieve goals, and with smart people to exceed them, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and diverse skill sets [21]
X @The Economist
The Economist· 2025-07-07 04:00
Donald Trump’s pattern is to embrace intelligence that supports his view of the world and to demean intelligence that doesn’t. It is a damaging approach, and an unnecessary one https://t.co/IBee3XnvzX ...
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The Economist· 2025-07-06 08:20
For America’s spy agencies to have underestimated the Iranian threat may well have amounted to a damaging failure of intelligence, had the Israelis not stepped in. Why should anyone trust their findings now? https://t.co/l0Irdg0OQR ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-06-28 20:44
Core Elements of Existence - The industry identifies energy, matter, and intelligence as fundamental components [1][2] - The industry is facing significant challenges across all three of these core elements [1]
'Not telling the truth': Senator slams Trump's claims U.S. strikes obliterated nuclear program
MSNBC· 2025-06-27 11:36
We turn now to the latest out of Iran. And this morning, the House of Representatives is set to receive a classified briefing on last weekend's military operations there after senators received their own version yesterday. It followed a contentious press briefing at the Pentagon held by Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth and General Dan Kaine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Hexat spent the first half of the media mostly criticize first half of the briefing I should say mostly criticizing the media befo ...
Trump team frantically moves goalposts, throws tantrums to preserve Trump Iran bombing story
MSNBC· 2025-06-27 04:05
So there has been a scandal at the Pentagon every single day since January 25th. I mean every single day because every day since January 25th, Pete Hgsith has been the Secretary of Defense. And some days that scandal is more jarring than others.like today when the country and the entire world really turned to the Pentagon tuned in this morning for an update on the outcome of the US strikes on Iran and instead they got this meltdown in hunting for scandals all the time in trying to find wedges and and spin s ...
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Israeli pilots trained for years and intelligence forces built up networks for its multipart offensive in Iran, which included elements called “Red Wedding” and “Operation Narnia.” https://t.co/uebSHXeJNI ...