Correct, effective Thursday I ceased to be the Governor of Florencia.

Quote from: Lee Kinrin on October 04, 2026, 08:39:44 AMAm I from this province now? How should I start a topic?

You just did. :D

Please read our Constitution and Laws.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 02, 2026, 07:04:02 PM

Quote from: Liz Quiehui on October 02, 2026, 07:59:53 AMDear Sir,

Thank you very much for your kind correction and for your warm encouragement. I deeply appreciate your exceptional support and well wishes for my application.

I look forward to our shared intellectual contributions, and I truly hope we will both become members soon. Wishing you and everyone a wonderful and happy weekend ahead.

Best regards,
Liz Quiehui

I hope you have a great weekend too. Hopefully the president of the Society will be responsive soon on both of our applications.

I hope she will soon too. I think the new members of the Society could work together on some projects.

Heres hoping you jave many more years.

-Txec R

"Getting better" would require a literal miracle, but thank you.  It's a heart issue, mostly age-related.  I've already, at 61, lived to a greater age than my biological father, all of his brothers, their mother, one of my nephews on that side of the family, and several friends.  Mom's side of the family tends to go around 75, so that's my current goal.

Am I from this province now? How should I start a topic?

Quote from: Françal I. Lux on September 30, 2026, 05:32:10 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 29, 2026, 11:10:13 PM@Françal I. Lux Finance Minister, what do you think of this idea? I have made a couple of posts on the matter because I think the Kingdom being able to respond in some official way, even if it is small, would be a meaningful aspect of Talossan citizenship. I acknowledge a lack of legislation does not prohibit it from happening but legislative endorsement would not be a bad thing.

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Whereas, the Finance Minister is authorized by El Lex D.2.8.8. "to create, manage, and promote a voluntary fundraising campaign to the citizens of Talossa and other interested parties each year," and

Whereas, recent news of Talossans experiencing illness or grief ignites a desire for official acts of solidarity and kindness by their government, and

Whereas, such official acts of solidarity and kindness while small and limited can be a meaningful contribution to the good and welfare of Talossa's citizens.

Therefore, be it resolved, by the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa that the Finance Ministry is encouraged to promote a voluntary fundraising campaign for the purpose of establishing a Good & Welfare fund for Talossans encountering hardship, grief, or illness, and

Be it further resolved, that before the commencement of such campaign, the Finance Ministry develop guidelines defining hardship, grief, or illness for the purposes of accessing the fund and procedures for disbursement.

Uréu q'estadra så,
Breneir Tzaracomprada (MC-BREN)

I like the idea in principle.

I'd like it to have some guardrails though with provisions to ensure transparency and fairness.

Based on your feedback I split the second resolved clause into three parts. I know this has quite an uphill climb toward passing but I hope in time this initiative perhaps under a different sponsor might come to be enacted.

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on October 03, 2026, 08:47:18 PMWhat does the member think about whether it is possible for artificial intelligence to become sentient?

While working at the UBC Department of Computer Science I had the privilege of talking to professors who have worked with Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio (two of the major figures in machine learning and artificial intelligence). I trust their expertise and each one described LLM behavior that was beginning to have "the appearance of sentience." Appearance is not confirmation but I think our own safety and morality demands the taking of precautions in our use and growth of these machines in case sentience emerges.

What does the member think about whether it is possible for artificial intelligence to become sentient?