It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness
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Stuff was good but also it was bad, people were smart but also they were dumb
Literally every threat that the US or Israel makes to Iran I think in my head “or what you’re going to kill their leader and slaughter a bunch of school kids?” Being monsters out the gate doesn’t really give you a good chance to deescalate anything
This admin falling for a classic blunder, they spent all their time focusing on the queers and never figured they’d be having any problems with the straits
A polite car asks for food in Istanbul
“After three rounds of negotiation, and after the American team said we made big progress, they still decided to attack us,”
“So I don’t think talking with Americans anymore would be on our agenda.”
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“They promised us that they don’t have any intention to attack us and wanted to resolve Iran’s nuclear question peacefully and find a negotiated solution. And we finally accepted,”
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“I don’t think the question of talking with Americans or negotiation with Americans once again would be on the table, because we have a very bitter experience of talking with Americans,”
“We negotiated with them last year in June, and they attacked us in the middle of negotiations,”
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Iran’s FM Araghchi:
“It’s too soon for him to make any comment. We are all waiting for his speeches and comments, which would come later on,”
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Without a living Supreme Leader actively exercising authority, the old pre-delegated orders remain legally binding and irreversible by any other institution.
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Article 110 of Iran's 1979 constitution gives sole command authority over the armed forces exclusively to the Supreme Leader. No one else, including the President, parliament, Guardian Council, or judiciary, can legally override or rescind his directives.
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The doctrine kicked in immediately after the US-Israeli strike killed Khamenei. The 31 commands now independently execute pre-set retaliation orders, firing missiles and drones at US, Israeli, and Gulf targets without needing central approval.
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Commanders have standing orders to launch strikes without waiting for central approval, perfect for a leadership vacuum. Sealed contingency plans include retaliation protocols triggered automatically upon the Supreme Leader's death, ensuring coordinated but independent action.
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Each operates like a mini-army with separate headquarters, command-and-control systems, missile and drone arsenals, fast-attack boat flotillas, integrated Basij militias, and stockpiled munitions.
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Within hours, the system activated and has been unstoppable since.
Jafari reorganized Iran's military into 31 autonomous provincial commands, one for each province plus extras for Tehran.
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When he became IRGC commander-in-chief in September 2007, he rolled out the Mosaic Defense doctrine. He tailored it for a nightmare scenario: the death of the Supreme Leader, which became reality on February 28, 2026 when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died.
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In 2003, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari watched the US decapitate Saddam Hussein's centralized Iraqi command in just three weeks. This inspired him to redesign Iran's military to survive leadership decapitation.
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Iran's military response now operates on autopilot. It is an automated, decentralized retaliation machine that cannot be easily stopped or controlled after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death.
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Israeli media: "Iran only has 128 missile launchers left."
Iran FM spokesperson: "Let them stay in that fantasy."
The fix requires rethinking alignment itself and moving toward pluralistic alignment where models get rewarded for producing diverse distributions of valid answers instead of collapsing to a single consensus mode.
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The Artificial Hivemind is not a bug in one model but a systemic feature of how the entire industry builds, aligns, and evaluates language models.
20/21
The paper puts hard data behind the observation that AI is getting more capable and more homogeneous at the same time. The models are smarter, but they are all smart in the exact same way.
19/21
Use structured prompting techniques like Verbalized Sampling to force the model to explore low-probability outputs. Layer your own taste and judgment on top of everything AI gives you.
18/21
Cross-reference multiple models and multiple prompting strategies, as the same model with different prompts often beats different models with the same prompt. Add constraints that force novelty, such as asking for ideas a traditional investor would hate instead of just creative ideas.
17/21
Stop accepting first-draft AI output as creative or diverse. If you need 10 ideas, generate 30 and throw away the obvious ones. Use temperature and sampling parameters aggressively to push models out of their comfort zone.
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