In possibly the stupidest sentence we’ve seen in the past week, California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared that he “seeks to harness the power of GenAI to address homelessness” and “…
So why on earth was anyone calling him a good candidate to replace Biden? Sounds like one of the worst people you’d want in charge of anything, much less a country?
I’ve felt that it falls into that Generative AI/Thomas Kinkade uncanny valley zone because it looks kind of glazed – as if embedded in a thin layer of ice – while also inhabiting a strange dimension of omnipresent ambient lighting.
Please note: I am not in any way implying that Gavin Newsom isn’t real.
Gavin was Pelosi’s pick to replace Biden, they’re both backed by the same regional California billionaires from SF to Sac. Harris is from Cali as well but her big backers are in LA.
My head canon is Biden chose Harris as a parting FU to Pelosi.
So why on earth was anyone calling him a good candidate to replace Biden? Sounds like one of the worst people you’d want in charge of anything, much less a country?
I think it is a combination of:
Ya really think his hair is nice?
I’ve felt that it falls into that Generative AI/Thomas Kinkade uncanny valley zone because it looks kind of glazed – as if embedded in a thin layer of ice – while also inhabiting a strange dimension of omnipresent ambient lighting.
Please note: I am not in any way implying that Gavin Newsom isn’t real.
It’s the same symptoms among the pundits that convinced them that Ron DeSantis had a chance against Trump.
because the US sociopolitical system, just like many other of its social systems, is disastrously sick and dysfunctional
Gavin was Pelosi’s pick to replace Biden, they’re both backed by the same regional California billionaires from SF to Sac. Harris is from Cali as well but her big backers are in LA.
My head canon is Biden chose Harris as a parting FU to Pelosi.
I think a lot of those seriously floating him were neolibs thinking that he’d make their stock prices go up.