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American power derives not only from raw power, but from alliances.
Alliances form out of fear.
Fear of being crushed by the US military.
The largest Air Force in the world? US Air Force.
Second largest Air Force? US navy.
Of course the ignorance could be a lie, which is worse, but neither option is good.
Why would it be worse?
If he knows, at least he has a plan, whether that plan is good or bad.
If he doesn’t know at all, then literally even more random shit can occur than what’s already happening.
OpenAI is contributing to these issues implicitly by helping companies automate away jobs.
Good luck implementing that.
Forbidding automation will make the product more expensive. Sales will go down, the company will go bankrupt.
Government cannot subsidize or sustain such a behavior forever either.