It’s a good thing we got rid of USAID. How else would be able to scrounge up the spare money needed? We’re already going without healthcare and education, often without food and housing. So glad we still had some fat to trim and are able to support this. I’d hate for that money to be going to food and medical aid for countries we exploited or god forbid, go to help people actually in America.
imprisoning children $200 billion
kickbacks to besties $150 billion
weapons for genocide $800 billion
REBRANDING $3,600
Grok AI gf integration $150 billion
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. My wallet is drying
It’s unbelievable to me that R voters do not see how wasteful petty garbage like this is. They were “worried” about life saving medical aid sent to other countries, but apparently setting up Nazi style banners of their fuhrer is a great use of taxpayer money.
Yes, totally agree. I’m not British, and I recognize Americans do a lot of telling other countries what they should do, but I feel like that really is the best move.
I feel somewhat the opposite way. The royal family should not be able to last minute distance themselves from him when they did everything possible to keep this from coming out and he undoubtedly used his position of privilege and it was a factor in the abuse. He should be tied to the royal family and they should not be getting a pass. He’s a pedo prince and should be acknowledged as such, though I know technically the royal family made some changes VERY recently.
I don’t think anyone using AI for this has good intentions. They are trying to increase their own “reputation” without putting in the work. If they are in the field they should know that someone has to review this. If they can’t be bothered to do that then they know they are making someone else do this unpaid labor without having even checked it first. If they are not in the field then they think spending money on their own pet project is the best way to support instead of giving money directly to the team doing the actual work. If the team wanted to use that money on AI they could then do so themselves. It’s a self interested thing either way.
Most of the people using AI to contribute are probably like the guy who got so upset his pet AI wasn’t allowed to contribute he likely promoted it to write a hit piece on the person who rejected it. Just narcissistic people who wish they were better than they are and wasting time and resources hoping to feel better about themselves and their contributions.
It’s so upsetting to me that tech workers are expected to live and breathe coding. You’re responsible for upskilling on your own time and being up to date on a whole host of someone’s pet interests that have nothing to actually do with your job. I think it really contributes to the escape to do woodworking trope. It’s not GitHub’s fault, but I still regret falling for the hype.
Is the idea that they’re somehow reviewing the code on their phone during their commute? Or are they just pushing to prod without even glancing at it? Why bother with the middle man. Just have the AI push it. What a stupid admission.
I think it’s important to acknowledge that USAID was not a perfect organization. I have said as much before. Countries are often not doing that kind of thing for purely altruistic reasons, but evidence suggests that people were getting food and healthcare through them that they otherwise would not have received. You can argue the benefits of supplying that vs upskilling or local investing, but people are now lacking something they used to be able to count on USAID for. I think good could have come from something like that, and there just isn’t the political will to remake that where possibly it could be used for good. I understand people may feel like reform is impossible, but I think a lot of USAID work was doing something for people that we owe something to. More and better should have been done, but I don’t think dismantling it the way they did helped as much as it hurt.