OK… for all my lib friends and Never Trumper friends, here’s my first “call out” of President Trump.  But I want to be clear… this is one of the things I knew about him before I voted for him, and I don’t regret having done so because I think it would have been just as bad, if not worse, if Harris had won.  It's less a Republican vs. Democrat thing than it is a human thing.

So what am I calling him out on?  He’s high on AI.  But with regard to this issue, he’s just in line with what’s been a problem in society for decades:  we never seem to take the time to ask the questions “Yes, we can do this, but ought we?  And if so, what are the risks and foreseeable unintended consequences?  What restrictions should we put on this?  Is it even possible to restrict?  What can we put in place to protect against it being misused?

I think I’m more concerned about where this technology will take us than almost any other issue, despite the obviously good things it can bring.  Humans do not have a very good record of refraining from using powerful tools for evil, even if their record is better on using them for good.

This is something that should concern everyone, regardless of your politics.

Oh, yeah... there's this prediction from Larry Ellison, one of the technocrats Trump fêted in his announcement yesterday of a $500 Billion (with a 'B') investment into developing AI.

All that being said, Trump is right in his belief that we can't let other nations get "there" before us.  Wherever "there" is, is what scares me.