The Pentagon's Chief Technology Officer thinks the U.S. government shouldn't take stakes in tech giants. Bold position from a guy whose entire paycheck comes from the government taking a stake in everything.
He also questions adding AI rules. President Trump agrees, which means we've now got the Pentagon and the Oval Office aligned on letting Silicon Valley do whatever the f*ck it wants. Inspiring stuff. Nothing says national security like trusting the same companies that can't stop their platforms from radicalizing your uncle.
The CTO's logic here is bulletproof. Don't regulate AI. Don't invest in AI companies. Just sit back and hope Elon and Sam Altman build Skynet responsibly because they've been so good at self-governance up to this point.
Meanwhile Trump is angrily pushing back on calls for an AI slowdown. Angrily. Like someone personally insulted him by suggesting maybe we pump the brakes on technology that could render humanity obsolete. The man who stared directly at a solar eclipse is now our guardrail against artificial general intelligence.
Here's what retail traders heard: AI stocks go up forever, no regulation coming, buy everything with a chatbot. They're already liquidating their kids' college funds to go long on companies that added "AI-powered" to their website footer last week.
The Pentagon CTO's job is literally to figure out how technology helps national defense. His conclusion? Stay out of it. Let the free market handle killer robots and deepfake propaganda. What could go wrong when profit motive meets existential risk?
Somewhere a Redditor just took out a second mortgage to buy AI penny stocks because a defense official said regulation is bad.
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