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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

396 points · 457 comments · nmeagent

  1. ilaksh · · focus · HN ↗
    I am very pro-AI (although I do think we need to have a culture of caution) but this is another red-alert for democracy. People should be terrified if the president is able to make you into a state enemy just because you said you are against some technology.
    1. beloch · · focus · HN ↗
      It's a shade beyond mere regulatory capture when your sector has no regulations and the U.S. government on standby to silence anyone who says bad things about you.

      Yes, billionaires are shovelling money at the midterms. Yes, Trump is likely holding rather a lot of AI stocks. This is what happens when you allow money into politics and politicians into money.

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