The man behind DOGE's "AI-first" strategy, the 28 year-old ex-Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd, has quietly—and possibly illegally—become the head of technology for the Department of Labor.
My latest:
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-ai-first-strategist-is-now
My latest:
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-ai-first-strategist-is-now
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that ship has sailed
👏👏👏 You are right to say it, federal worker! 👏👏👏
The same technology that tells me to eat a small rock everyday for my health is going to be in charge of government technical infrastructure.
Love it.
/End sarcasm
and every day, I am lucky if I have one or two posts that have concrete suggestions about what to do
and that ratio is so wrong
Those workers only found, I'm told, when @almsnatalie.bsky.social reported Shedd was in at the Department of Labor.
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/tts-director-tapped-serve-labor-cio/403855/?oref=ng-home-top-story
But worse, of course, is the ramifications of having a DOGE architect in a leadership position at the agency that administers federal labor law.
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government-by-grok
Still concerning, though, regardless of legality.
This is soooo bad