Stop with the threats and just fucking do it. This shit is why everyone thinks the Dems are useless.
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I mean if you didn't already know Bernie isn't a democrat.
It's not a threat, it's a plea.
The corpos like it more that way. After a little lobbying, a popular politician tells the world that their product is actually Great and Mighty, the media repeats it uncritically, and the public believes it.
Doesn't matter if the product isn't Great and Mighty, the stock goes up.
And that's why they're weak.
Well, they do not have any kind of majority at the moment. So no, they cannot do much without any republican spine.
After the midterms, let's hope, they will have the majority everywhere except the White House. Which, after that, won't take long.
Then why make threats they can't back up? It just makes them look worse. Shit like this is not helping them get elected.
Perhaps to show the voters: see we want to change things, but you will have to get us in to make that happen?
It's the repub's that are stopping all this?
Demonstrating it that way doesn't work. If they're proposing action they know will be blocked it just makes their words look hollow.
Yeah, I have to agree. I always try to find the most positive angle, hoping to the Gods that is was a positive thing...
But no, they are incompetent aren't they.
Did he buy into their hype claims of sentient AI?
I hope not
Just like they told people not to clone. Mostly the rich are cloning to harvest organs for themselves. Hopefully their "AI" will fuck that up for them somehow.
Seeing this type of comment is why Lemmy is fucking idiotic.
Stop the investment, most importantly.
Bernie Sanders sadly didn't get the message and wants the American government to own 50% of the stock of major AI companies instead, which means the government would have an even bigger reason to invest more in them.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed a remittance tax on certain artificial intelligence companies amounting to 50% of the company’s outstanding equity interests. Sanders says these equity interests could be used to establish a sovereign wealth fund, with annual direct payment distributions to Americans
What the fuck are you talking about no he doesn't lol? None of what you said is true or makes sense. He wants AI stock wealth to be given back to the people.
There is nothing in there about the government owning the stock or even benefiting from the stock?
I'm not sure what's up with the hostility and calling everybody here dumb, but you're not talking about the same thing as I am.
He wants AI stock wealth to be given back to the people.
It won't be.
The stock will be taken by the government, and run by people chosen by Donald Trump and the majority-Republican Senate.
The Independent Commission would consist of seven members nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate
Considering AI is unprofitable, and considering the rampancy of corruption in the Trump administration, this is an extremely naive position to hold at best, and an actively harmful one at worst.
Because they're saying dumb things and unfortunately holding hands and being shy about someone's straight lack of thinking doesn't really get people to see the point. The comments in this section state:
- Bernie is both not doing his job(he is) and benefitting from this/AI
-AI is both bad and worthless but also dangerous and Bernie is dumb for trying to do anything (complete fallacy of the weak/dangerous threat kind, the enemy is both weak but dangerous. Silly)
-Absolutely fake claims like the one above.
So the whole comment section is just rife with stupidity. Stupid isn't even a bad word.
Back to what you said. I literally don't understand why you act like it says stock changes anything or anything about what I said? Literally useless points you keep highlighting. Nothing is made more clear by whatever you're trying to say.
Donald Trump already had the upper hand he doesn't care about the rule of law. Dunno why you're viewing this like game of thrones.
Bernie Sanders wants the wealth amassed by these AI companies which have stolen data and work of billions of people across generations to be handed back to the people. His strategy is to tax the STOCK (not sure why we're bolding it but sure I'll play along). He is following the regular ruling that stands for creating panels, legislative bodies, committee establishment process. The president nominates THE SENATE CONFIRMS(because you glossed over that part) this is literally the standard practice.
So I don't understand what you think you're making clear or how what he's doing is wrong here. He's following the rules and wants to tax the stock of companies that have taken advantage of Americans. It literally makes complete sense and is nothing like what the comment above claims.
The comment above suggests the government will own the stock? Or something ridiculous and Bernie wants to give that power to the president. Which is what I imagine an insane person's interpretation of that article might be if they didn't know anything about government functions or something. So in conclusion, it's a very stupid interpretation.
The "tax" just transfers shares of the for-profit companies into a State organization.
So CEOs like Elon Musk will keep using them as CSAM generators, while the State is incentivized to keep them profitable... Even though we have no reason to assume they'll ever turn a profit.
AI should not be treated as "too ~~big~~ inevitable to fail" and yet here Bernie is.
The president nominates THE SENATE CONFIRMS(because you glossed over that part) this is literally the standard practice.
Re-read my previous comment. I mentioned the Republican-controlled Senate explicitly. Did you need it to be in bold too or what?
This comment section is the dumbest thing I've ever read.
Onward the Butlerian Jihad! No prisoners!
What will the senate do? Lol Americans and their pathetic signal politics
They bought the senate Bernie
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