Would you say they’re at the top of that slippery slope, or part way down it already?
Maybe today’s top brass wouldn’t, but there are probably enough JD Vance types among the MAGA lovin’ grunts to promote, to structure an army that’ll take Trump at his word. If he says ‘Europe were the enemy all along’, enough times, with enough conviction…
Wouldn’t have believed it myself until this year.
I think I found my jam! AnythingLLM self-hostable
Are there any AI apps that will index markdown documents with a vector DB, then allow you to run natural language queries using some kind of RAG approach with a local LLM?
Closest I’ve found is LlamaIndex, but this is still more of a ‘foundation’ than a turn-key solution and right now I’m too time-poor to do the assembly required…
I realise I’m describing close-to-frontier tech, but is there anything more turn-key (Dockerised) out there yet?
My use-case is pretty ‘vanilla’ in this space: Having a knowledge base and wanting quick answers to questions like “How should screen X behave if I am not a registered user?”.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Judging by the language and behaviour we’ve seen so far; I doubt it’s at all sophisticated. ‘Might is right’ and the US should belittle and subjugate others because they can - it’s their right and furthermore their duty to the American people! In other words, he’s probably a straightforward imperialist.
I don’t know the guy though so if anyone can add nuance to that I’d be glad to understand better. If his true feelings are benevolent towards Europe and he’s ‘merely’ frustrated that they’re not pulling their weight militarily, then he’s got a ham-fisted and harmful way of showing it.
Any evidence for that other than ‘the vibe’? I agree with @Pringles@lemm.ee
Enjoy it while you can, they’re coming out on top.
Collectively European nations have the economy and technology to build a Military Industrial Complex to rival the US… I hope they truly wake up before it’s too late, lest the birthplace of western civilization also become it’s grave 😢
Now I might be naive or plain wrong, but I tell you completely honestly, that I would always have been more concerned for my safety travelling to the US than China.
Naturally, one would steer away from discussing politics or behaving in ‘concerning’ ways in China - for example filming government buildings.
But, I have never felt I’d be in any danger doing average tourist stuff in China. I’ve been there twice, to more rural parts as it happens, and felt safe: People friendly, no edge.
US on the other hand… I admit I’ve barely visited to transfer flights, but the idea of being let loose in the US is considerably more challenging for me. Knowing that everyone is potentially armed, that trigger happy police are everywhere, there are high racial tensions, drugged up homeless etc.
This was truly my impression even before Trump was ever a household name.
Is it surprising to Americans that a Brit would genuinely feel that way around about the two countries? I don’t know. It doesn’t seem controversial to me, but then I read Americans talking about China as though it’s some scary place for them.
Come on now, that’s not how you spell eggsorbitant
Mate I dislike JS as much as anyone but there’s no need to bring it in here.
Do they really though? That’s what writers want to write because it ‘gets them views’ - a malaise of modern media. I’m one of the ‘people’, I’d rather have a sober analysis.