GOP issues stark warning to AI companies(www.axios.com)
5 pointsby anon3738397 hours ago1 comment
  • techblueberry7 hours ago
    I’m always skeptical when I see an emotion attributed to an entire political party or ‘CEOs’ (“panic”)

    BuT they pushed the AI will destroy all jobs and possibly kill us all so hard -

    I can’t imagine they wanted an outcome where they were incredibly politically toxic, but it’s like jumping off a cliff and being surprised when you start to fall?

    They spent years acting in a way that 1000% predicted this outcome. In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined this turning out well.

    It also feels like this ship has sailed. What are they going to do, get the Rock and Taylor Swift shilling for datacenters?

    And I don’t think Dario “the only solution is to cure cancer” Amodei is helping matters.

    I know this is antithetical to everything Silicon Valley believes, but I think we as humans have forgotten how to dream small.

    • bediger40002 hours ago
      You've got to admit that the 2026 Republican party has a more top down command structure than any US party in living memory. If Trump makes a policy, or says something, that's the policy, that's the party line that virtually 100% of elected Republicans espouse, and a large percentage of Republican voters believe. There's none of the variation that Democrats display, there's no Republican AOC/Sanders, no Republican Fetterman, or Manchin or Sinema. There's not even a Bob Dole or John McCain who occasionally votes across the aisle.
      • fuzzfactoran hour ago
        It's not really the "Grand Old Party" any more once so many Republicans abandoned their traditions for Trump instead.

        People shouldn't need to be reminded that Trump has always been the complete opposite of a lifelong Republican.

        Still is.