[pibaker]

I feel everyone running these companies has stopped caring what the public think. It's all about selling their vision to politicians now. Which is also why they try to tie everything with "national security" — the average joe hears it and thinks about forever wars in the Middle East, the average congressman hears it and approves whatever solution is suggested.

[infamouscow]

Yes, but the strategy is a lost cause as we're seeing.

In virtually any other situation, companies would be able to successfully grease politicians. The problem for AI companies is they spent the last several years broadcasting that their tech is going to take everyone job, and consequently their livelihood.

No matter how much you bribe a politician, you can't hold and maintain elected office when the voters overwhelmingly do not want something.