Comment by jmyeet

This isn’t new. Maybe some people are just now realizing it.

Take the stated tool for this action, the Defense Production Act ("DPA") [1]. It was passed in 1950. What does it cover? Well, lots of things. The DPA has been invoked many times over 76 years.

Notably in 1980 it was expanded to include "energy", I guess in response to the 1970s OPEC Oil Crisis.

Remember during he pandemic when gas prices skyrocketed? As an aside, that was Trump's fault. But given that "energy" is a "material good" under the DPA, the government could've invoked it to tackle high energy prices and didn't.

So, the government is willing to invoke the DPA to protect corporate and wealthy interests, which now includes military applications of AI for imperialist purposes, but never for you, the average citizen. IT's weird how that keeps consistently happening.

The US government has consistently acted to further the interests of US corporations and the ultra-wealthy. You probably just haven't been paying attention until now.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950