[ExI] it hasn't yet...

[Gregory Jones]

We extreme moderates will be undecided still.  What is a middle wind
extremist to do?  spike

On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 7:00 AM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> Our current POTUS can brutally force his many detractors into either
> position by taking a stand.  It might be fun to predict which he will
> take.  I am guessing a pro AI position.  spike
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 5:43 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Has anyone seen any evidence that the right/left or Republican/Democrat
>> political devide tends to lean towards one way or the other as far as AI is
>> going to kill us vs AI is going to save us?  It'd be entertaining if all
>> the Youdokowski followers went way right and all the Kurzweil followers
>> went way left.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> ...but it soon will be.
>>>
>>> I am out at sea with very little  bandwidth, so I talk and listen to
>>> other passengers, to see what they know about AI.  Some refer me to the
>>> former VPOTUS who explained that it is a fancy thing and is two letters.
>>>
>>> It occurred to me that AI isn't really politicized, yet.  But we can see
>>> how quickly things are moving.  We in this forum recognize that AI might
>>> solve all our problems or kill us.  As that realization overtakes the
>>> general population, they will look to political leaders to tell them if it
>>> is a good thing or a bad thing.  Subtlety and nuance go out the window.
>>> Science out, politics in, reality pushed aside, truth unavailable.
>>>
>>> It hasn't happened yet.  But it will.
>>>
>>> spike
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