I was reading the other day, that Trump wants basically unregulated AI, which is probably because he will make money on it some way, but I agree as the regulation writers don't seem to have done us much good on anything.
I was also reading an article questioning whether the U.S. is ready to fight the next war. They were talking about the Ukrainians 3-D printing those drones they were using to hit Russia. The article mentioned the 5 year planning the Pentagon takes on new weapons by which time most are obsolete.
Which makes me think about how all the new cars have all these bells and whistles that no ones needs but add thousands to the cost of a car. This past weekend we had to get a new battery. $392 installed. Whew! It turns out you can't just buy a new battery and drop it in. For VWs at least, you have to reset the new battery to the computer and it takes a special device for that.
Today I saw an old 1930s style car going down the street. It seems like you could get an engine and drivetrain in the after parts market that would meet emissions standards and you could 3-D print a body to drop on top and just have the bells and whistles you really want. Seems like a small business could turn out cars at a reasonable price.
The upshot of all this is that world leaders like Trump, Putin and Xi try to engineer the world to their preferences and the people fighting them are trying to engineer it their way. Meanwhile, 80% of the world's people are living their lives, making things work and working around the impediments big shots try to put in their way. Let's face it, Putin is basically fighting his war with mercenary troops, while most of the people in Russia are going about their business. It's like the old saying, someday a world war will be declared and no one will show up.
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