Doesn't know what AI is, doesn't know what duplicitous means, doesn't know what the CDC does. - ThreadSky

bcdreyer.social • 23 hours ago

Doesn't know what AI is, doesn't know what duplicitous means, doesn't know what the CDC does.

GOP Rep. Rich McCormick at his town hall last night justified the Trump administration firing CDC workers by saying "a lot of the work they do is duplicitous with AI"

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follicular.bsky.social•21 hours ago

although he's probably correct about AI being duplicitous, if the AI is from Elon.

Also, wasn't Elon's plan to install AI to replace federal workers?

wholesickcrew.bsky.social•23 hours ago

So....who is voting for these idiots??!?

mikerhone.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I was waiting for you to respond to his use of “duplicitous.”

richardthunderbay.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Triumph of the stupid.

bachbeethoven.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Well to be fair, AI *is* duplicitous to the core.

arrogantmonkey.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Ironically his statement is pretty duplicitous

policyg.bsky.social•21 hours ago

My god.

nmerhar.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I assume he means that AI can do that work instead of people?

Even if that's true (I don't believe it) has that AI been stood up yet? Who's paying for it?

nmerhar.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I did a search yesterday for quotes from a specific book, specifying book/author. As is now normal, my first results were AI. The quotes may have been from the author, but only one was actually from the book I was asking about.

kellycosgrove.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Well, he’s the boss!

tallpaulor.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It's really unbelievable to see such naked stupidity in our governmental leaders. Simply Shocking Stupidity.

mariadagloriaii.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Replace this dumb “doctor” with AI.

sherpacato.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Just to keep things in proportion, 13,000 employees to monitor contagious, infectious, & chronic diseases in a country of 340 million, is not a lot.

timi.on.computer•23 hours ago

and he is a medical doctor.

dougwar40k.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Doesn't know better than to feed the monster in the woods in hopes that it'll grow strong enough to eat all his enemies but not him.

marshapiercephd.bsky.social•11 hours ago

#Morehouse grads are usually much better than this. 🤦‍♀️💯

notlikewe.bsky.social•23 hours ago

jancarr.bsky.social•21 hours ago

He forgot to throw in DEI.

booksrbetter.bsky.social•23 hours ago

HUH lol

bar0ke1112.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Rep. McCormick fits well within the Trump brand: Relentless Ignorance!

steve36893.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Also, ironically, is incredibly duplicitous himself.

mikebroderick33.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I think he's being duplicitous.

sarrible.bsky.social•23 hours ago

... Does he mean "duplicative"?

marshapiercephd.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Yeah, but he doesn’t realize there’s a difference between those two words. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

antikerbal.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Indubitably.

snythe.bsky.social•23 hours ago

To be fair, a lot of DOGE work probably is duplicitous with AI.

lmddale.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Pretty sure Leon wants AI to take over decision making at the CDC and everywhere else.

avanb2.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Elect an idiot...expect idiocy.

muad-lib.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He’s an MD. Jeeze.

But wait, how TF did he get into Morehouse?!

welshrarebit.bsky.social•23 hours ago

A MAGA trifecta.

friendpanda.bsky.social•23 hours ago

tomasjmurray.bsky.social•23 hours ago

(JFC, they’re going to blight everything, aren’t they.)

vermincourage.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He said he knows a few things, but he didn’t specify those were the things.

jayc180.bsky.social•23 hours ago

But he’s a doctor, damn it! Spock would think this is quite illogical.

waynefryback.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a very effective congressman!

tmartinsmith.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Radical. Extremist. Sloppy.

bethindallas.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Is he willing to commit all of his health care to AI?

waynefryback.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Live footage of the townhall crowd:

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Voters get the representation they choose.

dorisvader.bsky.social•23 hours ago

idiot

sharktwain.bsky.social•23 hours ago

😂

abidingpatriot.bsky.social•23 hours ago

All the H&M suits in the world can't disguise his lack of brain power.

lizardky.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I think most uses of AI are duplicitous. :)

sindisil.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And doesn't care. Ignorance is curable, willful ignorance not so much.

randyhermanlaw.com•23 hours ago

Oh man, I totally missed that he used duplicitous to mean duplicative. What a bozo!

candacerobbauthor.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I choked on my tea at his use of "duplicitous".

kate411.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It means deceitful jackass.

gralls.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Doesn’t care what democracy is

jillbles.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Someone did poorly on his SATs.
The word would have been duplicative, if it were an accurate statement, which it isn't, because he's duplicitous.

finnydotca.bsky.social•22 hours ago

He must be one of those Nate Silver high IQ high agency guys.

sorrykb.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Trifecta!

jvd001.bsky.social•22 hours ago

JFC

gigdrain.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Duplicitous was a Freudian slip-confession

marktrainer.bsky.social•23 hours ago

That's some real Freudian-slip shit.

capitolhunters.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The point is that someone has planted this idea in McCormick. He knows nothing about AI but rolls out the words he's heard: "we will replace federal workers with AI". Please understand that there is a plan to do that, and a product, and person installed who can order it. 1/
https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3lil7lsfxpc2w

capitolhunters.bsky.social•23 hours ago

No matter how dumb the plan seems ("use AI for all decisions!"), no matter that it's likely to produce chaos and destruction if ever tried, the point is that people in Silicon Valley believe it and WILL try it. Peter Thiel's guy can now require his product for everyone. 2/
https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3lil7lrocuk2w

paddlefoot123.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This congressman and other Trump/Musk/Thiel supporters don't seem to wonder, "Can AI replace these government workers? Is that what we want to use AI for, to take people's jobs?"

And they haven't envisioned the next logical step, "What happens when MY job is replaced by AI?"

kaikronfield.bsky.social•23 hours ago

but he's a doctor! give him a break.

tomlevenson.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I wish I could laugh at such obvious stupidity, but like Abe Lincoln said, it hurts too much.

Not altogether sure that I'm too big to cry, however...