I know this is not the most popular opinion here, but I genuinely believe this is awesome. The world of the future will at least have AI components, and Demis Hassabis and DeepMind have a record of actually trying to help humanity. Just think of AlphaFold!

So, I get why you guys are sceptical. Hell, I’m currently in the process of removing Google apps from my life. But a new AI campus? Sounds amazing.

Zionism is to argue “the people of the jewish faith and the state of Israel are the same thing”, which he very much wasn’t a fan of.

And the state of Israel has a right to exist, it just shouldn’t get special treatment and a different rulebook than anyone else.

Thanks for the recommendation, will take a look at it. What I’ve read of Chomsky so far is often a critique of (mostly, but not exclusively) US Imperialism, so I’m curious what this person is arguing

Where did you pick up that Chomsky would be a Zionist? He’s actively working against the Apartheid Regime in multiple of his books