Trump Finds His Inner Oracle: AI's Promise, Threats Dismissed
According to the New York Times , Trump foresees a gilded age ushered in by AI, emphasizing economic growth and American dominance. This perspective, however, neatly omits the looming specter of mass job displacement, algorithmic bias, and existential control concerns that actual AI experts (not just businessmen) consistently raise. It’s almost as if specific 'promises' are more appealing when
they align with one's own portfolio or political narrative, and 'threats' are just buzzkills for an endless bull market. (One might call it 'selective intelligence'). This isn't about deep philosophical debate; it's about framing. The same media outlets that amplify such one-sided techno-optimism often fail to rigorously question the economic models driving it – models that too often prioritize
corporate profit over societal well-being. How many times have we been told a new technology will be 'all upside' before we find out the 'downside' is just... us? It's a classic move: present the shiny new toy, ignore the potentially toxic batteries, and let someone else deal with the fallout. What could possibly go wrong when a man whose business model often involved maximizing personal gain
without concern for long-term consequences is now cheerleading the next industrial revolution?