[ExI] Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.

[John Clark]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 9:29 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


> *>>…I'm confused.** Y**ou believe the Extropian List is not the place to
>> discuss the best ways to find the electrical energy needed to power a
>> superintelligence?! *
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> *This is the place for power discussions, which is what my post was
> about.  You were reading politics into it. *
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*A** Superintelligence needs a datacenter. A data center needs power. A
Republican politician gave $2 billion of taxpayer money to a foreign
corporation to STOP constructing a power plant even though it was nearly
finished and even though that power would have been used by the US. You
refuse to criticize that Republican politician about that or about any
other equally ridiculous thing he has done. How could I not read politics
into that? *

* > Of the data centers going in, I know of none which are building wind
> energy to power them.  Do you know of any? *


*That's a silly question because electrical energy is fungible.  *


> *> I would argue that all wind farms belong on land.  Otherwise you are
> fighting the boat people [...]*
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*If you want to build an offshore wind farm you will be fighting anybody
who has anemomenophobia, like a president with Don Quixote syndrome.*


*John K Clark*
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