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Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Fascinating comment on AI regulation from Elissa Slotkin of all people, who received $10 million — the second-most support — from crypto PACs in 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/opinion/ai-anthropic-claude-pentagon-hegseth-amodei.html

#USpol #USpolitics

https://www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Future We Feared Is Already Here

“Congress has not done its job on the legal safeguards,” Senator Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, told me. “There are a number of senators who’ve taken a look at this but there seems to be no will to move forward because No. 1, people don’t understand A.I., but because, No. 2, we’ve seen the entry of really big political money tied to A.I. Just like the crypto space, a lot of senators are scared to stick their neck out even though action is being demanded of us on this issue.”
“Congress has not done its job on the legal safeguards,” Senator Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, told me. “There are a number of senators who’ve taken a look at this but there seems to be no will to move forward because No. 1, people don’t understand A.I., but because, No. 2, we’ve seen the entry of really big political money tied to A.I. Just like the crypto space, a lot of senators are scared to stick their neck out even though action is being demanded of us on this issue.”
“Congress has not done its job on the legal safeguards,” Senator Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, told me. “There are a number of senators who’ve taken a look at this but there seems to be no will to move forward because No. 1, people don’t understand A.I., but because, No. 2, we’ve seen the entry of really big political money tied to A.I. Just like the crypto space, a lot of senators are scared to stick their neck out even though action is being demanded of us on this issue.”
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Jer
@Jer@chirp.enworld.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@molly0xfff The big money guys know that you can't have regulatory capture without regulation! SBF absolutely knew that regulating the market could be good for him so long as he got to write the regulations

An unregulated market is bad. A market regulated to protect the biggest players is also bad (though probably better for the small dollar individuals at least)

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2qx
@2qx@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff

The fossil fuel industry was the #1 donor to the 2024 election? Crypto was second. "Tech" was 3rd?

Sounds like three oil companies in a trench coat.

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@tripleman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Obligatory…

A man, dressed in a hot dog costume, attempts to pretend he is one of the customers wondering who crashed a hot-dog-shaped car into the store they are standing in.

The subtitles read, "We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This."
A man, dressed in a hot dog costume, attempts to pretend he is one of the customers wondering who crashed a hot-dog-shaped car into the store they are standing in. The subtitles read, "We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This."
A man, dressed in a hot dog costume, attempts to pretend he is one of the customers wondering who crashed a hot-dog-shaped car into the store they are standing in. The subtitles read, "We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This."
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Mrs.Malice ❤️‍🔥✨
@mrs_malice@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff boy they’re all just stuffed lil piggies aren’t they

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Skim Shady
@woodenmachines@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff imagine Senators scared to “stick their neck out” about climate denial or withholding healthcare

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@houserent874@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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Randall Lee
@BLTpizza@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Don't senators have a staff that can educate them on topics that don't involve fundraising and bribery?

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Faraiwe
@faraiwe@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff if only she had the capacity to DO something about those issues, like, say, who knows, push legislation to address that, and VITE FOR IT...

If only.

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Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@faraiwe alas

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Faraiwe
@faraiwe@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Le sigh.

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FurballsNHairballs
@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff
Surely someone didn't hand her a playbook

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hnapel
@hnapel@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@molly0xfff

Haha, the donation apparently didn't include a clause to avoid saying bad things about crypto. It was implied, but not codified!

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