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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by reasonableklout on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @01:20AM (#49888601)
I get the cynicism but this actually feels like a special moment in politics right now. There is a groundswell of bipartisan support for AI regulation [1] and a backlash against data centers which is a symptom of anger against the industry. It is enough for a Senate probe to be opened against OpenAI [2] and pushback against Trump's support for data centers on his own social media platform [3].

[1]: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-voters-see-ai...

[2]: https://www.axios.com/2026/09/10/openai-hugging-face-senate-...

[3]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/trump-truth-s...

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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by trinsic2 on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @04:08PM (#49899590)
Im not much on communism because I think it can go horribly wrong in the other direction but this guy has a point about populism[0].

We keep falling for the same tricks, over and over again. There is no possibility in the current structure of government for this to be a win for the people. For anything to work, we need a structural change in the entire system.

[0] Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2XxgKM2CM0&pp=ygULbm9uIGNvb...

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