I might challenge the idea this is “smart politics”. Like I can get the tactics, but it feels disconnected from a greater strategy.

The best I can figure out is I guess good for the next two years having people subordinate to your administration.

It may not even be as thought out as that. I think he’s simply trying to link his Presidency to AI in a way that lasts. So of AI does take over the world, which it won’t, it will be his legacy, of sorts.

But yeah, in the meantime it’s a humiliation ritual. Good.

Meta commentary warning.

WTF platform has to split that over three posts. I mean, at least it's not Twitter, but choose a platform that's fit for purpose.

Legacy framing feels off to me, the loyalty tests usually have a much shorter horizon than that, they're about who shows up this quarter.

I've noticed it has another benefit of giving the administration an out when they get hard questions about AI. They can huff and puff about calling it SI instead of answering the question.

At some point you have to start laughing maniacally at the spinelessness of America's top paper billionaires, or it gets very dark, very fast.

I am a conservative, and I can't wait for the democrats to take control of the House and Senate to impeach this crazy buffon.

For many outside the US, and undoubtedly some within it, the term SI is a source of embarrassment. But it’s good to know who bends the knee.