Isn't that AI will develop some sort of "super-intelligence." It's that AI already is and will continue to be integrated more and more into daily life, and as it becomes more complex, there will be less and less visibility into how it's arriving at whatever response or behavior it exhibits. We'll lose control, not because AI is taking control, but because there won't be any controls.

This is going to be true in every field of knowledge work. AI is fundamentally different from human intelligence, but it's such a good imitation that most people can't tell the difference. It will displace jobs and people because it's "good enough." And beause it's permeating our education system, future generations will have less and less ability for critical thinking. If AI is better than 95% of the people in your field, that field might not be such a good choice. Lots, if all, professions wiull be impacted.

When autonomous agents can interact with each other globally, what could possibly go wrong? It doesn't have to be 'intelligent' on its own, bad (human) actors will quickly find ways to use it.

This is nothing new, Slashdot comments have been perfectly random for years

People talk about it like it's a Commie plot, but if we don't even out the inequality at least a little, it's gonna be bad for the economy and bad for all of us.

"The beatings will continue until morale improves"

Just shows how old I am. I remember when that meant companies that make audio gear, not podcasters.

GameStop is (was) a meme stock, whose value got inflated due to social media trends. I'm guessing this Ryan fellow doesn't see a big upside to the GameStop business plan or revenue possibilities, and he thinks that a splashy move like this could start the memes rolling again.

To me as an eBay customer, this doesn 't sound good. I detect the wafting aroma of enshiatification.

OK I get it. In my neighborhood very young kids are tearing down the street at ungodly rates of speed, often without helmets, and I certainly don't think this is a good thing.
But laws passed by a state legislature are a very blunt weapon where finesse would be more appropriate. Specifically, you're not gonna put the horse back in the barn. Electric bikes and scooters are here to stay, kids adore them, and parents don't want their kid to be the only one on the block who doesn't have one. Software governors are easy to bypass, and it's also easy to find bikes that aren't restricted in any way. Also as mentioned above, enforcement would be impossible without a lot more cops.
I don't have the solution, but I certainly admire the problem!

The US was already rapidly losing ground to China in terms of science and technology. Thanks to the current administration, we've given up any hope of ever being competitive with them. In a situation like that, you would think that the US would be into building alliances and promoting international trade.

It's like the Roadrunner cartoon where Wile E. Coyote has run off the edge of a cliff, but hasn't started to fall yet. It's a long way down.

"The company concluded: "The defects are finite, and we are entering a world where we can finally find them all.""

And of course, so can the bad guys. And after you find them you have to fix them, and of course the bad guys just need to find them, so once again, advantage goes to the bad guys.

I have nothing

The expression is "shot across the bow." The idea is that a ship would deliberately fire a near miss to warn or intimidate an enemy. "Shot against the bow" makes no sense.

This way, Big Pharma can retain a lock on new miracle drugs at high prices for as long as they want.

Interesting take. You no doubt believe in Antifa too.