Transparency - the day that AI changed American politics forever.

[theblether]

I find it interesting that people are enraged by the idea of transparency. American politics will never be the same again for one simple reason - Artificial Intelligence read the entire spending bill just blocked in Congress in seconds and summarized the contents, To put that into perspective the spending bill was 1500 pages of dense legalese. 

 

One of the provisions was a vast increase in pay for Congress as well as enhanced health benefits. X users cracked - the spending bill was ripped to pieces in realtime. This is a genuine "for the people" moment as people were able to track exactly what Congress was proposing. The amazing thing? Dick Durbin, one of the most senior Democrats, had no idea that the pay increase was part of the bill. 

 

I can see some friction points in regards to the inclusion of AI in the body politic, but exposing pork barrel and stupid policies before a vote can only be a good thing. 

 

 

[Airalee]

No more of this….

 

 

[theblether]

And I note the Democrats new attack line, describing Musk as "President Musk." They are enraged that he has brought upon them the one thing they could not afford to lose - the end of their grip on the news narrative. 

 

$44 billion for Twitter was cheap. And Grok AI alone ( part of Twitter ) has already changed the political narrative. 

[theblether]

Just now, Airalee said:

No more of this….

 

 

 

Yup, those days are gone. That will never happen again. 

 

[Airalee]

5 minutes ago, theblether said:

 

Yup, those days are gone. That will never happen again. 

 

Wait for her to start screeching that AI is a “threat to democracy” 😄

[theblether]

5 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Wait for her to start screeching that AI is a “threat to democracy” 😄

 

Yup, that line will be along in five minutes 555

 

Anyway, today ( US time ) is the first day in the history of the US that the American public got access to an entire spending bill before the vote. It doesn't matter of you are a Dem or Republican, that's a big deal. So I'm going to say: 

 

Congratulations, USA. 

[expat_4_life]

28 minutes ago, theblether said:

Anyway, today ( US time ) is the first day in the history of the US that the American public got access to an entire spending bill before the vote. It doesn't matter of you are a Dem or Republican, that's a big deal. So I'm going to say: 

 

Congratulations, USA. 

 

Too right, no more "business as usual ".

it is also another blow to the credibility of the MSM.  The politicians will bend to the will of their constituents who will not be swayed by the "prevailing narratives" without their consent any longer.  The representatives that fail to learn this quickly will find themselves replaced. 

I'm optimistic about the future for the first time in decades,

[candide]

2 hours ago, theblether said:

I find it interesting that people are enraged by the idea of transparency. American politics will never be the same again for one simple reason - Artificial Intelligence read the entire spending bill just blocked in Congress in seconds and summarized the contents, To put that into perspective the spending bill was 1500 pages of dense legalese. 

 

One of the provisions was a vast increase in pay for Congress as well as enhanced health benefits. X users cracked - the spending bill was ripped to pieces in realtime. This is a genuine "for the people" moment as people were able to track exactly what Congress was proposing. The amazing thing? Dick Durbin, one of the most senior Democrats, had no idea that the pay increase was part of the bill. 

 

I can see some friction points in regards to the inclusion of AI in the body politic, but exposing pork barrel and stupid policies before a vote can only be a good thing. 

 

 

It's been already provided by Politico for one year. 

https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2024/01/17/politico-launches-ai-generated-bill-summaries-available-to-politico-pro-subscribers-00136126

 

[candide]

2 hours ago, theblether said:

I find it interesting that people are enraged by the idea of transparency. American politics will never be the same again for one simple reason - Artificial Intelligence read the entire spending bill just blocked in Congress in seconds and summarized the contents, To put that into perspective the spending bill was 1500 pages of dense legalese. 

 

One of the provisions was a vast increase in pay for Congress as well as enhanced health benefits. X users cracked - the spending bill was ripped to pieces in realtime. This is a genuine "for the people" moment as people were able to track exactly what Congress was proposing. The amazing thing? Dick Durbin, one of the most senior Democrats, had no idea that the pay increase was part of the bill. 

 

I can see some friction points in regards to the inclusion of AI in the body politic, but exposing pork barrel and stupid policies before a vote can only be a good thing. 

 

 

What was the "vast increase" proposed? Any source?

[theblether]

47 minutes ago, candide said:

It's been already provided by Politico for one year. 

https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2024/01/17/politico-launches-ai-generated-bill-summaries-available-to-politico-pro-subscribers-00136126

 

 

Do you subscribe to Politico? The difference here is that the more controversial aspects of the bill were exposed to a worldwide audience in minutes. 

[theblether]

46 minutes ago, candide said:

What was the "vast increase" proposed? Any source?

 

4% pay increase plus the added value of Healthcare package - the type of value that working class Americans will not see in the current economy. 

 

Man, the Healthcare alone is worth a fortune.