How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington

[Anonymous]

Tech billionaires with ties to top AI firms are funding the salaries of AI staffers in the key congressional offices working to regulate AI. The program is part of a broader network that's pushing Washington to focus on AI's apocalyptic potential.

This is happening at Georgetown University, RAND, and other places in DC too.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/open-philanthropy-funding-ai-policy-00121362

[Anonymous]

What a grift.

[Anonymous]

This is a fabulous article. Thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous]

same thing happened to create HXXXB and OXPT visa programs to import millions of cheap low wage workers to enrich US billionaires.

[Anonymous]

Good article, thanks OP

[Anonymous]

Isn't RAND a big defense think tank? So, we are basically adding "Big Tech" to the Military-Industrial Complex cesspool now?

[Anonymous]

What a dystopia. We should confiscate 3/4 of the wealth of billionaires.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like OpenAI is laundering their lobbying efforts with philanthropic donations (Open Philanthropy) to non-profits (RAND, Georgetown) that have ties to Congress. This has to be illegal, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tech billionaires with ties to top AI firms are funding the salaries of AI staffers in the key congressional offices working to regulate AI. The program is part of a broader network that's pushing Washington to focus on AI's apocalyptic potential.

This is happening at Georgetown University, RAND, and other places in DC too.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/open-philanthropy-funding-ai-policy-00121362

Corporate capture of our government is rampant! This is terrible and from people who just came out of the Biden administration. These corporate democrats are terrible wolves in sheepskin.