Also, and I want to say more on this soon, but if you think that the big AI players are hoping for *anything but* them being able to put a legislative moat around themselves where output *is* copyrighted and training materials *are* restricted but they're the *only ones* able to play, you're being a fool.

Their key goal is to capture rent on all intellectual pursuits.

@nuwagaba2 @Siroj42 I think it's a mistake to assume that people in the Trump administration "believe" what they say, or that they're as dumb as they look.

I mean, they're _dumb_ in the same ways that mob bosses like Gotti or Capone were dumb.

But they're cunning, and they're being manipulated by people who know exactly how things would work when we attacked Iran.

The key to understanding what Trump, et al, are doing is that their goal is to destabilize the United States and conduct the biggest bust out in the history of mankind. They're undermining all of the infrastructure and systems that have made the U.S. a superpower.

What's going on right now in Iran benefits Israel and benefits Russia. It was never meant to benefit the people of the U.S.

Destabilizing our economy creates chaos at home that Trump's backers can take advantage of. Look at other news about Trump trying desperately to kill off any and all windfarms and other renewable energy sources.

It's meant to keep us dependent on oil. And they mean to ensure that Putin can go back to selling oil and funding his attacks on Ukraine and beyond.

Sure, they fix their mouths to claim to believe what they're doing is good for their base -- but they've never believed it. It's a mistake to think they believe what they say, any time.