...but then we’ll be dead and no longer have any skin in the game.
Until that minor administrative wrinkle, though, we’d get peace on earth, prosperity for all humankind, open sea lanes, and fewer Old White Men insisting that only “lethality” counts as governance.
So yes: a satisfactory solution for everyone not named Pete Hegseth. =)
I am a bit disappointed to be honest. Presenting speculative fiction alongside serious policy analysis can be confusing for readers who rely on ChinaTalk for ground-truth reporting.
I think the problem is we come here for analysis and being frank trying to read all the posts from China Talk (I genuinely like most of them) is pretty time consuming and lately I feel they are talking about more things that "could be real, it's completly stupid if it happened an it shouldn't" but we are going to talk about it anyway if that makes sense like the small segment about Nuke Canal from a recent post.
I understand why someone could like them just as someone likes The onion but it's not why I'm suscribed. Would be great if one could get different notifications based on content though!
Point Taken. Can I suggest to the Author some kind of Semafor type signaling (breaking news, talking head, complete lunacy) etc? From an authorship perspective, the policy trends and everything around this whole administration has gotten so twisted, that the author also needs an outlet for their frustration. Humor is that distraction and relief switch.
If I wanted a thriller about Claude saving the world in JSON, I’d check Archive of Our Own. I look forward to the 'Beijing Coup' update next week - assuming it’s also a world-building exercise?
wow, Jordan. I’m all in on this real-time current events imaginative fiction. Everything’s so true to form! Everything from Qwen injecting subtle Chinese influence, to the Hegseth podium parody, to the prominent Democratic strategist is on point
Humor at its most healing. I was breathing more freely by the time I reached the last graf. One line in particular came very close to my own government experience: “Nobody loved that it came from a woke chatbot,” said one official. “But it was the only piece of paper on the table.” Thank you ChinaTalk.
As a casual reader who reads China Talk for the occasional interesting policy update, I agree that this piece is irresponsible. You need to be putting a warning or tag that none of the stuff in this article is real. In a world where we are already straining to discern AI generated news from fake news from the real reporting, this is completely unhelpful.
At first, I read your reply and thought, "respect, we got a real serious policy wonk here". Then after a few seconds, I thought "wait a minute, was that sarcasm and I just got punked?" Please enlighten me.
Thank you for this breaking news brought about by the wisdom of Claude so behaved according to its governing Consitution that the mother of Claude belabored since she joined Anthropic and accepted by Amodie and team of councils.
With this new development, it would be interesting to see how the betting market odds would change in terms of American troops on the Iranian ground. When I last checked, Gemini quoted 16~34% that would happen in April and 59% by the end of the year.
May the world be at peace and free from fear of distraction.
I think I have to agree with people suggesting a clearer indication for satire. This one was obvious, but it took me a minute to be sure about the canal-carving article and ChinaTalk is one of the places I'll go for fairly trusted deep dives into topics I have little intuition around (for example, an article on a U.S. raid to drill under collapsed Fordow to extract enriched uranium could plausibly be in either camp if I don't have context on the discussion)
Nothing crazy but a short italic disclaimer at the top or in the subtitle would be good
“the residual glow keeps Iran from trying anything funny near the new channel” — did you realize it was satire before or after that sentence? I was certain only when I got that far, and I realized I had fooled myself just as badly as I had been fooled.
I think the problem may be us, not the satire. Which is exactly the point of good satire
I am not sure I understand. How did Claude get authority to negotiate with Iran? Why does Iran give a negotiating stance to an AI? What guarantee is there that Iran will honor what its AI negotiated?
I wish Claude would re-enact The Day the Earth Stood Still and make everyone’s war machines inoperable & insist every country start playing nice or else. An extra bonus would be taking all the money the .01 to 5% (humans & the corporate military congressional industrial complex) got in both tax breaks from Trump and redistribute it to all the rest of us on the planet equally.
can't help thinking that the world would be a much better place if AI could be in charge of the planet.
will be great until they kill us all!
yep, very possibly it treats us like cockroachs in the house 😂 or more generous just like Matrix👻
...but then we’ll be dead and no longer have any skin in the game.
Until that minor administrative wrinkle, though, we’d get peace on earth, prosperity for all humankind, open sea lanes, and fewer Old White Men insisting that only “lethality” counts as governance.
So yes: a satisfactory solution for everyone not named Pete Hegseth. =)
Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
AI had to play it like exhausted parents stepping in to mediate between fighting kids🤷
That is indeed so since Claude has a governing Consitution like most good loving parents.
I am a bit disappointed to be honest. Presenting speculative fiction alongside serious policy analysis can be confusing for readers who rely on ChinaTalk for ground-truth reporting.
Unless your name is Newt Gingrich it shouldn’t be too hard to tell apart
I think the problem is we come here for analysis and being frank trying to read all the posts from China Talk (I genuinely like most of them) is pretty time consuming and lately I feel they are talking about more things that "could be real, it's completly stupid if it happened an it shouldn't" but we are going to talk about it anyway if that makes sense like the small segment about Nuke Canal from a recent post.
I understand why someone could like them just as someone likes The onion but it's not why I'm suscribed. Would be great if one could get different notifications based on content though!
Point Taken. Can I suggest to the Author some kind of Semafor type signaling (breaking news, talking head, complete lunacy) etc? From an authorship perspective, the policy trends and everything around this whole administration has gotten so twisted, that the author also needs an outlet for their frustration. Humor is that distraction and relief switch.
If I wanted a thriller about Claude saving the world in JSON, I’d check Archive of Our Own. I look forward to the 'Beijing Coup' update next week - assuming it’s also a world-building exercise?
wow, Jordan. I’m all in on this real-time current events imaginative fiction. Everything’s so true to form! Everything from Qwen injecting subtle Chinese influence, to the Hegseth podium parody, to the prominent Democratic strategist is on point
what one NSA official described as “the longest, most empathetic, and frankly most annoying conversation I have ever seen.” 🤣🤣🤣
Humor at its most healing. I was breathing more freely by the time I reached the last graf. One line in particular came very close to my own government experience: “Nobody loved that it came from a woke chatbot,” said one official. “But it was the only piece of paper on the table.” Thank you ChinaTalk.
Mike Judge called, he wants his plot idea back
A bit early for April Fools, otherwise spot-on!
you must have missed the nuclear canal … go back to that one and the Former Speaker of the House quip at the end here will be twice as funny
As a casual reader who reads China Talk for the occasional interesting policy update, I agree that this piece is irresponsible. You need to be putting a warning or tag that none of the stuff in this article is real. In a world where we are already straining to discern AI generated news from fake news from the real reporting, this is completely unhelpful.
At first, I read your reply and thought, "respect, we got a real serious policy wonk here". Then after a few seconds, I thought "wait a minute, was that sarcasm and I just got punked?" Please enlighten me.
Thank you for this breaking news brought about by the wisdom of Claude so behaved according to its governing Consitution that the mother of Claude belabored since she joined Anthropic and accepted by Amodie and team of councils.
With this new development, it would be interesting to see how the betting market odds would change in terms of American troops on the Iranian ground. When I last checked, Gemini quoted 16~34% that would happen in April and 59% by the end of the year.
May the world be at peace and free from fear of distraction.
What about the facts , that these comments are now read across networked , fiber optic systems..Folks ?
Very very entertaining article 😂 I was cackling
I think I have to agree with people suggesting a clearer indication for satire. This one was obvious, but it took me a minute to be sure about the canal-carving article and ChinaTalk is one of the places I'll go for fairly trusted deep dives into topics I have little intuition around (for example, an article on a U.S. raid to drill under collapsed Fordow to extract enriched uranium could plausibly be in either camp if I don't have context on the discussion)
Nothing crazy but a short italic disclaimer at the top or in the subtitle would be good
“the residual glow keeps Iran from trying anything funny near the new channel” — did you realize it was satire before or after that sentence? I was certain only when I got that far, and I realized I had fooled myself just as badly as I had been fooled.
I think the problem may be us, not the satire. Which is exactly the point of good satire
What is this? I thought this was a genuine publication
I am not sure I understand. How did Claude get authority to negotiate with Iran? Why does Iran give a negotiating stance to an AI? What guarantee is there that Iran will honor what its AI negotiated?
you write the sequel!
Lol does iran know that?
A fine dose of whimsical humor. Thank you!
I wish Claude would re-enact The Day the Earth Stood Still and make everyone’s war machines inoperable & insist every country start playing nice or else. An extra bonus would be taking all the money the .01 to 5% (humans & the corporate military congressional industrial complex) got in both tax breaks from Trump and redistribute it to all the rest of us on the planet equally.