AI vs. MAGA: Populists Alarmed by Trump's Embrace of AI, Big Tech
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- Melania Trump praised AI as potentially 'the greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States' during a White House meeting with Silicon Valley executives.
- Senator Josh Hawley warned that AI 'threatens the common man’s liberty' and could undermine the Republic, arguing it entrenches the power of the already powerful.
- Hawley's criticism reflects growing skepticism on the American right, despite the Trump administration's push to deregulate and accelerate AI adoption.
- At the National Conservatism Conference, evangelical pastors, strategists, and academics expressed deep concerns about AI's impact on jobs, families, culture, and education.
- Geoffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist, highlighted fears about unemployment and societal disruption even if AI doesn’t reach superintelligence levels.