Trump’s making it virtually impossible for localities to stop from being run over by the big AI companies and their demands for land, water, and energy. Heaven forbid benighted commoners (the backbone of Trump’s support) should want some control over their own immediate environments! From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
President Trump continues to argue that a single, national set of rules, otherwise known as a “One Rulebook,” governing the artificial intelligence industry is essential, rather than a patchwork of state-by-state regulations that would slow development amid a superpower race with China. This comes as Trump’s national strategy to build out data centers, revitalize the industrial base, restart rare-earth mining and refining operations, and upgrade power grids becomes vital to maintaining America’s tech dominance in the years ahead.
“There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI,” Trump wrote on Truth Social just moments ago.
He continued, “We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS! AI WILL BE DESTROYED IN ITS INFANCY!“
Trump noted that the “One Rule Executive Order will be signed this week,” adding, “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something. THAT WILL NEVER WORK!“
The Trump administration believes that allowing 50 different states to create their own AI rules and approval processes would paralyze development, slow innovation, and ultimately be detrimental to the nation.
Stick around for a Golden Age of belly laughs in the audacity of hype that is AI.