[ExI] How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine

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.>> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine

 

On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 at 18:04, John Clark via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climate/how-trump-is-dismantling-americas-scientific-research-machine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1E.PxMq.Jejjq7QVI4CX <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climate/how-trump-is-dismantling-americas-scientific-research-machine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1E.PxMq.Jejjq7QVI4CX&smid=em-share> &smid=em-share

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>…Won't AI  be doing all the scientific research soon? 

BillK

 

 

Ja, and if AI is doing it, why should taxpayers hafta pay for it?

 

The cool part about AI research is that taxpayers aren’t on the hook for it.  Rich guys pay for it all.  As a result, they get richer, which enables them to do even more AI research, as well as build data centers and the power plants to drive them.  The rich guys employ armies of proles to build the data centers and power plants.  These proles pay taxes.  Everyone wins.

 

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