AI is very useful, just not in ways that are really all that profitable or public facing.
Venezuela to me feels like a sort of tacit admission that global hegemony is failing, and an attempt to reconsolidate on a smaller sphere of influence in the Americas.
They seem to be backing down on Taiwan somewhat too, while trying to maintain the status quo, which solidifies my perspective.
Yeah, this isn’t anything new. Literally centuries old analysis here. I guess it’s nice they updated it for the contemporary society, though.