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AI to end humanity?

 https://youtu.be/b30d7FR8YP0?si=f-q537ShfkTN8ZP4

Sean talks with writer Sigal Samuel about AI successionism, the growing movement that sees artificial intelligence as humanity’s rightful successor. They discuss why some people in the AI world think humanity should be replaced, how this vision borrows from old religious ideas about salvation and transcendence, and why artificial intelligence is a dangerous thing to worship.

Pacific Fusion is defense contractor

 Pacific Fusion registers as a defense contractor

https://legis1.com/news/new-lobbying-registration-pacific-fusion-corp

Iran emboldened!

 Implications for the labs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/middleeast/iran-us-deal-nuclear-talks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qlA.YmsF.Vh3JlOLjx5B3&smid=url-share

Trump has made Iran great again. Will pay Iran 300 billion. US oil reserves wiped out. Iran controls the strait, war for nothing. At least that is what the NYT is saying.

DOE finalizes roadmap for commercial fusion power!

 The Energy Department Releases Finalized Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap to Accelerate Commercial Fusion Power

https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-releases-finalized-fusion-science-and-technology-roadmap-accelerate

Government interference in access to the best AI models

 The government has restricted access to the AI model which is the best existing model for math, science, and coding so that foreign nationals will not have access going forward. Currently access is also disabled for US citizens as there is no mechanism to verify nationality.

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/anthropic-fable-5-mythos-5-suspended-us-export-control-2026/

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-anthropic-latest-ai-offline-comply.html

https://epoch.ai/frontiermath/tiers-1-4?view=graph&tab=release-date&tier=Tier+4+%28v2%2

SS checks cut by 24% by 2032?

 Social security reduction is happening sooner than previously announced… Here is a sudden announcement by the SSA.

SS checks cut by 24% by 2032?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lE_TE6__8&ra=m