That’s a quote-worthy RE-quote.
I have lifted several quotes and added my thoughts.
“American Empire”.
~ America is not an empire. But Joanna Richards does not sound crazy.
~ Something I recall: There was an employee from a government security agency being interviewed and she said the “sky went dark”. What she meant was that the satellites the country uses for surveillance and intelligence gathering purposes had “technical difficulties” and they went down. Because … that can happen with technology. Of course, American didn't know that at that point the country was very “vulnerable”. If The Enemy only knew that our satellites weren't working! (O.o)
FACT: Now that Trump and Musk are in the nation's capital, regulatory-enforcement agencies don't have any teeth.
“absolute power to command AI agents”.
~ My late husband had this paranoia about “ghosts in the computer”. My son finally said: “Dad. Just pull the plug.” ABSOLUTE POWER? Are you sure? (LOL.)
♦ AI is NOT dangerous. Elon Musk is dangerous and if he is left UNCHECKED, he has “the potential of civilization destruction”. Or at the very least, HE CAN DESTROY AMERICA! Because .. gosh darn! … you can't pull a plug on a human and deactivate them.
“The DOGE takeover of Treasury payment systems, … is designed to end congressional control of fiscal flows and policies”
~ True. But why didn't Musk just get rid of Congress? It's not like they are rendering a valuable service to the American people anyway! Tell the truth. What are they really doing for US? He should crap SCOTUS too!
“Elon wants the CFPB gone so tech billionaires can profit ...”
~ Yeah yeah yeah. WE KNOW!
“Nowadays, autocracies are not run by one bad guy but by sophisticated networks, ...”
~ In our case it's two bad guys: Musk and Trump. It's a two-headed SNAKE!
“Musk’s demonstrated behavior”
Yep. That's right. HE'S A MONSTER! AN UNCHECKED MONSTER!
“... unregulated technology has become a forceful instrument for autocrats worldwide — is terrible news for democracies and citizens”
~ Yeah but … humans will always be smarter than technology. “Unregulated technology” is only as smart as the human using it. If you keep abreast of global politics, you'll note that autocrats fall. Bashar al-Assad (Syria) was an autocrat.
