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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

396 points · 457 comments · nmeagent

  1. usernametaken29 · · focus · HN ↗
    > but somehow the Trump administration has convinced itself the public concern was manufactured in China.

    Wait a minute here. Critical journalism could dissect how opinions are formed. It’s far from speculative that the White House opinion about AI opposition is informed by AI companies. They’ve been warning about China for a long time. So there’s really no somehow. Vested interests with massive amounts of money are lobbying and succeeding to convince the government that any opposition to AI is outside influence. It’s not somehow, it’s deliberate. Do better.

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