That is not what the Beatles sang. Trump is most definitely NOT all you need. Frankly, that is true for everything, from war to the economy to rational leadership, but in this instance, it's about the threat posed by artificial superintelligence.

I would be willing to bet Trump doesn't know how to change a light bulb or even turn on a computer. Certainly he is the farthest thing from knowledgeable about AI. Despite his total lack of knowledge, Trump again shows off his Dunning-Kreuger syndrome and claims that "the only control or "guardrails" that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!"

This would be embarrassing if it wasn't so dangerous. A willfully ignorant clown is saying he knows more than the people who actually write the code for AI.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who may well be, in my opinion, the only AI lab CEO who is not a psychopath, penned a 3800 word missive asking for a slow down or moratorium on the ongoing development of ASI. His request was actually seconded by CEOs Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

Trump thinks he knows more than those men.

Senator Jon Ossoff, in a weekend speech, raised this issue and said we were confronted by "the crushing weakness of our politics against the massive stakes of our times. Tech titans dig bunkers, while warning us that the new intelligence they're creating risks human extinction."

I suspect MAGAs will do what they always do, and agree Trump "got everything right". Of course, risking MAGA extinction is no loss for humanity, but they have no right to stand in the way of the survival of decent human beings.

Industry insiders are hoping for the world to come together and pause the development of ASI, though none of them want to be first or the only one to stand down. With the little Speaker of the House Mike Johnson totally captured by Trump, the US Congress is unlikely to do its job and act. Already Speaker Johnson has groveled up to Trump and parroted the idiocy that spews daily from Trump's lopsided and gaping maw.

The Dems, or the Lincoln Project, or concerned citizens, should make a commercial to run during NFL football games and prime time TV that highlights the dangers of ASI and the idiocy and recklessness of Trump and Republicans. I've penned a short script that might be appropriate:

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(Scene: close up of a man’s hands holding a revolver, opening the cylinder, and slowly placing a round in a chamber.)

 

Voice Over:  The CEOs of the major AI companies agree AI has a 20% chance of wiping out humanity. That’s 1 in 5, worse than a game of Russian Roulette. These CEOs are asking for a moratorium on AI development.

 

Trump says the AI fears are overblown, contradicting the very people who wrote the programs. Trump wants no regulation of AI. Trump is willing to give your child a 1 in 5 chance of dying horribly.

 

(Scene: The loaded gun is handed to a smiling little girl, who aims it at her own head while looking into the camera. Screen then goes blank and a shot is heard.)

 

Voice Over: Democrats and the AI CEOs themselves want regulation of AI so your child does not die. Republicans are more than happy to take a chance with your child’s life.

 

Vote Democrat in November.

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This was Trump's Tweet today:

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Trump is a genius in his own mind so why would anyone want to contradict him.

He always knows better than everyone about everything.

Yes, i agree that a STRONG AND SMART (HIGH IQ) PRESIDENT would help.

So that definitely excludes Trump.