[ExI] ai in education

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 7:03 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
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> >…I don't totally trust the AI companies, but I trust them one hell of a lot more than I trust the current Commander-In-Chief of the US military.
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>  John K Clark
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> Do you trust POTUS more than you trust Putin?  POTUS more than you trust Xi?

If you measure trust by the number of people killed in an unjustified
war, Putin is at the bottom of the list.  At close to two million, he
still has a ways to go compared to a certain former German
authoritarian.  Xi has not yet caused a war, though the disruptions of
one of his predecessors killed a lot of people.  The current POTUS
attacked Iran.  Relatively small numbers of people have been killed so
far, but how long it will go on and how many deaths will happen is
unknown.  If nuclear war is the outcome, he might gain the top spot.
You just can't tell.
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There is a certain advantage to acting crazy, like the former German
authoritarian.
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> What if Amodei’s Claude is the first to take over the accounting industry, the engineering industry, software, sales, pretty much any job that is done indoors except harlotry, and Amodei becomes the first multitrillionaire, with more wealth than all the world’s governments combined, he gains complete control over who gets elected to congress, etc.

As John says, this is implausible.  Far more likely the AI will wind
up in control.
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> If that very plausible scenario play out, then will you trust Amodei more than POTUS?

Actually, I think Amodei would make a fine president.  He has a sense
of ethics.  I wonder if he would be open to running?  Where should I
make this suggestion?

Keith

Keith
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