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  • These people are better at using AI than like 99% of everybody, since they are actually critically and carefully reviewing its output.

    One of the big problems with actually using AI for work is that, even for people who carefully and critically review it, sometimes, it is just too good at making slop look like something real.







  • In the US, the reason corporations hire lobbyists is that it has a ROI that is bigger than most of their main businesses.

    And that return comes from tax revenue. So it is much more expensive for us to allow lobbyists.

    That “expertise” angle used to make some sense, before we created long distance communication. But today, politicians have staff, and the staff have access to the internet and telephones. If they need an expert, they can just call one.

    Again, it would be much cheaper to hire researchers for politicians than to allow lobbying to continue.

    I see no reason why anyone who isn’t a constituent should have easy access to a politician.