[ExI] it hasn't yet...

[Gregory Jones]

Middle WING rather.  Damn phone keyboards.  spike

On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 8:04 AM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> 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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