Senate Republicans' latest version of their budget bill would effectively bribe state governments to eliminate regulations against AI in order to receive federal funding for broadband expansion. Yet another reason it's a Big Ugly Nightmare. - ThreadSky

rbreich.bsky.social • 19 hours ago

Senate Republicans' latest version of their budget bill would effectively bribe state governments to eliminate regulations against AI in order to receive federal funding for broadband expansion.

Yet another reason it's a Big Ugly Nightmare.

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grumpy0ldman84.bsky.social•17 hours ago

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snscrowell.bsky.social•19 hours ago

This is such shit!!
No one is paying attention to what the people want ONLY what they want/dear leader wants.

louisgreenstein.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Regulating AI makes total sense. Of course the GOP opposes it. Hey, what do they think AI is— gun?

anthedon.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Ironically the AI regulations countries are putting in are terrible for the public trying to get their hands on the full power of AI. I'd rather no regulations than regulations that are just going to harm the publics attempts to use AI and let the rich go free anyways. That's how our system works.

anthedon.bsky.social•17 hours ago

The moment we see Unified AI start being adopted, communities are going to rip it open, strip out the guardrails and surveillance built into them and create decentralized, highly encrypted networks and say goodbye to government and corporate control for good. Think TOR taken a million times further.

jess-murray.bsky.social•14 hours ago

A nightmare in so many ways, but this budget bill fight is far from over. Keep the pressure up to split the Republicans and kill the bill.
Call your senators daily (202) 224-3121
And-
https://bsky.app/profile/jess-murray.bsky.social/post/3lryvry7fsc2g

nowimpspolitics.bsky.social•17 hours ago

When the majority of your donors are Tech Bros, it behooves you to give them a big sloppy kiss on the behind. All we can do is hope some Republicans grow a spine and stop this bill. The odds aren't good. Of course, the Democrats could try a filibuster, but there's not much spine there either.

kinseydulcet.bsky.social•19 hours ago

BUT THINK OF THE MURDERBOTS™

moderatelyangry.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Then we should delay broadband expansion since at this point it’s just the net sweeping up our freedoms and privacy. Fuck AI.

elizab1776.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Wonder, wonder, who is paying them all for this one? Not.

clindyguy66.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The gop fools fail to acknowledge the serous risks of allowing no regulations on AI! There is a potential of the tech running amuck. The gop is a reckless party that does not give a shit about our safety and welfare, just about power and money!!

paiixofthepack.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The question is: How many dems know the actual dangers of AI and don't see it as a vain short-sighted venture?

libbyzorden.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Donald Trump is the king feral hog of politics. From the lowliest wage earner, to the highest ranking political figures, he is shrewd and cruel enough to engineer situations where his supporters are required to actively participate in their own destruction to maintain good standing within the cult.

leslierob007.bsky.social•12 hours ago

pubs can't do the whole social credit score thing if they're regulated...remigration dept amping up to deport undesirables using DNA, if the fed cuts in the BBB don't kill you, they'll figure a way to get rid of you another way....

hard2bgreene.bsky.social•19 hours ago

And that helps average Americans....how?

Oh right, the only people Republicans care about are their ultra wealthy donors.

always4bangtan.bsky.social•18 hours ago

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kf75411.bsky.social•14 hours ago

They can only pass that in the big beautiful bill in a sneaky way by withholding funding if a state makes laws against AI. From what I understand, they may neuter their ability to punish a state because that money is already being cut elsewhere in the budget.

mktsutherland.bsky.social•19 hours ago

We already funded broadband expansion with Biden… so the allotment?

djarum.org•19 hours ago

Broadband expansion that will never come.

gdaltonbentley.bsky.social•19 hours ago

As appalling as this move is, it is nonetheless admirable (at least they have a principle) that what is left of the Republican Party remain fundamentally dedicated to the practice and promulgation of stupidity.

pioball.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Extortioner-in-chief

notrebecca.bsky.social•19 hours ago

When "A1" can tell the difference between the plural and possessive maybe I'll consider it.

jpresists.bsky.social•19 hours ago

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4lefties.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Happy Birthday! You're a great American hero! Thank you for many years of trusted service!

coreynyc.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So many things happening that qualify as the sign we're fully fucked but when this Dump Death to Democracy bill passes - and it will pass eventually - we're done. There's no mechanism to stop them now. Once this is in place, there will be no federal gov't left even if we do have midterm elections

netizenghost.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Hey, a little off subject, but I discovered what they did with the stolen data from the Sony Hack in 2014...I wrote about it on Substack...you may like to read it.

alifelongfiasco.bsky.social•19 hours ago

What’s wild is that we tried to bribe states in 2010 to give their residents health care and some wouldn’t take it.

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