[dangus]

This take is way too generous to the current US administration’s quality of long term planning.

Tariffs aren’t there to pay for a race to superintelligence, they’re a lever that the authoritarian is pulling because it’s one of the most powerful levers the president is allowed to pull. It’s a narcissist’s toy to feel important and immediately impactful (and an obvious vehicle for insider trading).

If the present administration was interested in paying for a superintelligence race they wouldn’t have signed a law that increases the budget deficit.

They also wouldn’t be fucking with the “really smart foreign people to private US university, permanent residence, and corporate US employment” pipeline if they were interested in the superintelligence race.

[CuriouslyC]

While I agree about the competence of the high level decision makers in the administration, the people advising them are incredibly smart and should under no circumstances be underestimated. Peter and his circle are totally crazy, but if you're playing against them you better bring your A game.

[dangus]

I would submit the idea that the people advising this administration are not very smart. In what discernible way has this administration biased its selection process to include “smart?”

I don’t underestimate their ability to do damage but calling them smart is generous.

Not even Peter Thiel, he’s one of the most over-hyped people in tech. Access to capital is not intelligence, and a lot of his capital comes from the equivalent of casino wins with PayPal and Facebook.

[globalnode]

i agree, the only thing theyre thinking about is how to hold onto power.