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Interestingly, there seems to be no actual government involvement aside from the announcement taking place at the White House. It all seems to be private money.

rcpt 2y ago
Yeah but the linked article makes it seem like the current, one-day-old, administration is responsible for the whole thing.
- janalsncm 2y ago
  The article also mentions that this all started last year.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
  Trump just tore up Biden's AI safety bill, so this is OpenAI's thank-you - let Trump take some credit
  - HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
    Note sure if the downvoters realize that Trump did in fact just tear up Biden's AI safety bill/order. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/trump-revokes-biden-executive-order-addressing-ai-risks-2025-01-21/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/t...
    - spacechild1 2y ago
      It's even mentioned in the article! > Still, the regulatory outlook for AI remains somewhat uncertain as Trump on Monday overturned the 2023 order signed by then-President Joe Biden to create safety standards and watermarking of AI-generated content, among other goals, in hopes of putting guardrails on the technology’s possible risks to national security and economic well-being.
    - ericjmorey 2y ago
      He delayed enforcement of it for 75 days while they take time to interpret the law.
trhway 2y ago
Government enforcing or laxing/fast tracking regulations and permits can kill or propel even a 100B project, and thus can be thought as having its own value on the scale of the given project’s monetary investment, especially in the case of a will/favor/whim-based government instead of a hard rules based deep state one.
- cmdli 2y ago
  Isn't that a state and local-level thing, though? I can't imagine that there is much federal permitting in building a data center, unless it is powered by a nuclear reactor.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > Isn't that a state and local-level thing Build it on federal land. > unless it is powered by a nuclear reactor From what I’m hearing, this is in play. (If I were in nuclear, I’d find a way to get Greenpeace to protest nuclear power in a way that Trump sees it.)
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rcpt 2y ago

Yeah but the linked article makes it seem like the current, one-day-old, administration is responsible for the whole thing.

janalsncm 2y ago
The article also mentions that this all started last year.
HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
Trump just tore up Biden's AI safety bill, so this is OpenAI's thank-you - let Trump take some credit
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
  Note sure if the downvoters realize that Trump did in fact just tear up Biden's AI safety bill/order. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/trump-revokes-biden-executive-order-addressing-ai-risks-2025-01-21/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/t...
  - spacechild1 2y ago
    It's even mentioned in the article! > Still, the regulatory outlook for AI remains somewhat uncertain as Trump on Monday overturned the 2023 order signed by then-President Joe Biden to create safety standards and watermarking of AI-generated content, among other goals, in hopes of putting guardrails on the technology’s possible risks to national security and economic well-being.
  - ericjmorey 2y ago
    He delayed enforcement of it for 75 days while they take time to interpret the law.

trhway 2y ago

Government enforcing or laxing/fast tracking regulations and permits can kill or propel even a 100B project, and thus can be thought as having its own value on the scale of the given project’s monetary investment, especially in the case of a will/favor/whim-based government instead of a hard rules based deep state one.

cmdli 2y ago
Isn't that a state and local-level thing, though? I can't imagine that there is much federal permitting in building a data center, unless it is powered by a nuclear reactor.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > Isn't that a state and local-level thing Build it on federal land. > unless it is powered by a nuclear reactor From what I’m hearing, this is in play. (If I were in nuclear, I’d find a way to get Greenpeace to protest nuclear power in a way that Trump sees it.)

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