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As we have come to recognize more and more, there is only one reason--one goal--by the present administration of the federal government... It is to lie, cheat, destroy, while making criminal acts in which money flows...one...way...only... Upward and outward from the United States as a nation... Before I started on another non-fiction book about all that is happening, I spent more time with Regime Change in light of the major tech race now going on among tech leaders and the government.
The major reason that the average citizen of any country must be aware is that it is now known that implementation of AI requires high levels of water and electricity. And, that, data centers are now being built to accommodate those needs... What we don't know is WHY tech giants would decide to place these facilities in areas where there is already a known problem with water and power being available for residents... Questions automatically arise, why wouldn't these companies' planning include the important environmental review to ensure availability of natural resources?
If we were reading a science fiction novel, we would automatically assume that the tech owners, or the government, are the villains and some small group of good guys whose goals include saving the world are fighting for the people and their rights to these same resources of water and electricity. After all, we have become a world that has recognized basic needs for saving humanity and the earth... Why must this type of fight occur over and over and over?
But we are not reading fiction novels, are we? We are in the midst of an ongoing sense of distress, violence, greed incited through the avarice of those who, while already rich, continue to seek out reasons for wars, extreme competition among corporations, the government, and between and among other countries... And, worse, many claiming it is being done in the name of their specific religion or set of rules/guidance that were written in ancient times, but still referred to as a basis for action today--daily increasing in scope and levels of horrendous actions.
And so it was that we already knew that the entire established area of U.S. federal government's work to at least keep up with known advancements across the world, has on a rapid, or sometimes, hidden manner been destroyed as an internal knowledge-based department. In fact, we have learned that the head of the federal government knows little and rarely uses any type of computerization by which he could gain and learn about where those tech giants were headed.
In this case, it took one complaint, a personal opinion, that led to what has already been completed with little awareness by the average citizen.
And that led to a threat by the president that the newly elected head of Intel should...be...removed... After all, he was known as the firing master for people when he was elected... But nobody ever believed that thousands of people would be subject to firing under this administration...
What we also know is that this leader has shown that his ego drives most of his actions. While claiming loyalty and obedience, it also goes only one way. Also, he is easily impressed with toys, gadgets, awards, anything that will enrich his opinions of the life he requires and is due to him. And so it was, that two men came in one day and showed him the potential of AI graphics... You all know what I mean...a method by which he has been identified as a king, a pope, a warrior, or anybody he knows as "his" equal... even Jesus healing people...
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was his introduction to the potential of AI and he loved it, laughed at the millions of ways he could be seen in ruling the world as he feels it should be, no matter who gets hurt during that activity...
One group that did not automatically accept the "happy talk" from their leader was many in the MAGA movement. Up until recently, their leader had been harking back to the good old days where women had babies and stayed home to be there for their husbands, while white men would rule all corporations and all government activities including forgetting what we all called The Golden Rule which had rarely been a part of those men who had figured out how to have and retain lots of money... Big Tech was seen by the Right as liberals who were out to destroy our nation. They were worried when the Big Beautiful Bill had inclusions for Tech companies that allowed them much more flexibility than ever before. Even his former News speaker Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Ron DeSantis of Florida spoke out against the plans being discussed... They got the answer that Trump would do it anyway through Executive Order... Even Tucker Carlson "demonized" AI???! And referred to Mark of the Beast from Revelations! (Kinda hard to imagine how a computer can be a demon, isn't it? But then again republicans have called all democrats demons as well... Surprise--even Steve Bannon opposes AI... But greed/deal making was too much for Trump to pass up...
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Isn't it strange how people can actually create methods by which they can "rightly" feel prejudice, bias, or just plain hatred...
Anyway, the key issue is that a deal was made by Trump with Intel's new leader... To get 10% of the company "for the government..."
Now I know that some of you may automatically think what I did... And just how will that 10% be spent by Trump in his lame duck era... that is, if it is not determined to be illegal for the federal government to actually own a piece of a corporation which could also possibly be getting money from that government? Yes, the Chips Act, originally initiated by Biden to help begin bring chips producers back to the United States, was now being used, by Trump, to grant Intel $8.9B... The Power Deal was easily viewed... The Federal Government had forced a private corporation into giving away 10% of the company's product... Note: that I do not intend to do further research on this... It's my personal opinion, that we should be working together, as was often done in the medical fields, to increase and share knowledge across the world. On the other hand, we have already seen AI being used for discrimination, and a planned reduction of personnel by companies now using AI... It is clear that when a federal government is not on top of commerce, but is driven by the money-people, there is bound to be conflict and questionable use of new products... We know that this administration has no desire to work with anybody but rich countries from whom more power and money can be obtained...
From Intel’s perspective, the company had traded equity for certainty, converting a shaky promise into guaranteed capital. But the power dynamics were unmistakable: A sitting President had effectively forced a publicly traded company to hand over a large ownership stake as the price of receiving money it had arguably already earned. Recalling the episode months later, Trump would say, “I should’ve asked for more. It was so easy.” The deal was stunning for another reason altogether. U.S. intelligence officials who were monitoring the situation experienced severe whiplash. Like Tom Cotton, many in the intelligence community had serious concerns about Tan serving in such a strategically sensitive role given his deep history with China. And in the space of less than a month they had witnessed the President demand the removal of Tan and then turn around and give him his full-throated endorsement—all without anything resembling a serious investigation or policy process. But the deal was done. And by the fall of Trump’s first year back in office, Big Tech was doing very well indeed. Intel had lived to fight another day. After the government had acquired 10 percent of the company, others looked to invest in the new, Trump-backed Intel. A month after the deal, Nvidia said it would buy $5 billion of Intel’s stock, acquiring about a 4 percent stake in its competitor. Nvidia and Intel then announced they would join forces to develop and manufacture new custom chips. Jensen Huang, meanwhile, had trillions of reasons to be happy with the Trump presidency. In October, Nvidia would become the first company ever to reach a valuation of $5 trillion. President Trump had “completely changed the game” for AI, Huang declared. And nobody could doubt that he had... Trump’s mind meld with Huang would create an administration policy that largely sidelined the AI naysayers and charged ahead in a rush to unleash innovation and growth in AI development. Companies like Meta agreed to build massive data centers in the U.S., promising thousands of jobs and untold economic growth. Administration evangelists like the tech investor David Sacks portrayed this as the next great frontier for America, comparable to President John F. Kennedy’s space program in the 1960s.
--Haberman, Maggie; Swan, Jonathan. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump (p. 267). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.
So, with a final reminder... AI requires massive amounts of water and electricity. There is no mention of Trump's concern about this important resource shortage/lack of control on behalf of citizens... What else can we expect???
Gabby
