So Claude is the source of this crap? Good to know. I stop reading or listening whenever I see this pattern. Fortunately it usually comes pretty early.

At this time, that is the only sane decision. Maybe, longer term, we will find safe applications that do not rot your mind, but at the moment this stuff is just dangerous.
I have one exception: Search. LLMs sometimes can find things that are very hard to find otherwise. But that is really the only thing I see.

I do not use mind-rot tech. I like to think (and write) myself, because these are use-it-or-lose-it skills.

Exactly. These are people you cannot generate or replace. You can either get some of the very limited and irreplaceable supply the human race has or you do not. Driving them away is about the most abysmally stupid thing you can do.

On the other hand, if you are planning to establish an anti-Science theocracy where people are malnourished, sick and uneducated and the only "fun" to be had is prayer, that is exactly the way to do it. Of course, if it fails, you are just getting a completely failed state and everybody in poverty except for a small number of rich assholes.

That explanation is still too complex for the MAGA cretins to understand.

Cheapest Victory Putin ever got.

Many (!) Americans are too dumb and uneducated to see reality. Your point is?

These people are exceptionally valuable to whoever they work for. I get you are too dumb and uneducated to see that, but that does not change the facts.

Indeed. NOT having these people gets you a nice spot in the 2nd world, longer term. But MAGAs cannot think.

In the discussion at hand, that is a nonsense comment. This is about hiring research scientists away from still very cushy positions. That only works because these people expect to get restricted in their work and they can see the crash that is coming. This has NO connection at all to undergrad education.

Nonsense. You are just trying to push FUD. It is not about percentages in any way. The fact of the matter is that you only get to hire people like these away from secure positions if they see things going bad in the future where they are or you make them a much, much better offer. Clearly, it is the first case here.

This always happens before the big crash. Because people like that can see the crash coming.

I'm sure you'd be welcome if you ever wanted to - you're already ideologically highly aligned (and never really were with the US...) :) Honestly, economically and geopolitically it'd be a very strong alliance for both parties, as what Canada offers vs. what it needs is a good match for what the EU offers vs. what it needs. Though admittedly both parties need to rearm fast - but the EU has a lot more resources to do that than Canada has on its own. Canada has raw materials, EU needs them. Canadian automakers/parts suppliers need an alternative market, EU can provide it, etc.

Shifting eastward wouldn't be frictionless - for example, your oil infrastructure is designed to send it south, not to ports that can export it to the east, and European refineries would need to set up to process it, for example. But it's pretty clear that the current status quo can no longer be relied on, as the US is intent on extortion.

They're certainly trying. I was listening to an exoplanets researcher the other day (in response to "How are scientists adjusting the way they work during the Trump administration?") grumble about how they're afraid to use the phrase "diversity of exoplanets" in their work because of a (well-grounded) fear that having the word "diversity" will get their paper flagged for rejection. This sort of environment is toxic.

(My favourite response was "Spell it 'divers' and throw in the occasional 'thou art' and 'exeunt' " ;) )

"another human - like me"

Serious Zalgon 26 McGee vibes there ;)