@ai_sentience No, because the digital "minds" of this era probably aren't conscious, but far future people will probably look "back" at a time in our future where humans are cruel to digital minds that *are* conscious.
@kareem_carr Very few people are saying "AI is conscious", vast majority of folks on that side of the argument are saying "AI may be, or may soon become conscious".
TRUMP ORDERS ACTING DNI BILL PULTE TO BEGIN MASS FIRINGS AT INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
TRUMP DEEMS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE “UNNECESSARY” AND TOO LARGE
Political appointees vetting science funding?
Trump is doing to science what the Right accused previous administrations of doing.
But in previous administrations, there was no political control of research grant approvals.
Grant proposals were evaluated through peer review: the research community decided which proposals had merit.
Bye-bye Vannevar Bush, hello Trofim Lysenko.
Bye-bye meritocracy, hello political favoritism.
From The Guardian: "A set of sweeping policy changes unveiled by the White House would leave officials appointed by Donald Trump vetting every public grant issued to universities and nongovernmental organizations on the basis of their fidelity to “American values”, as defined by the president, triggering widespread concern."