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lr89-hk t1_j9nuinu wrote

That would place the US in a very precarious position where every other country would either use this tech to get ahead or sell discounted services to the US killing domestic work. Can’t close this box now it’s open. It’s a race to who can embrace it the most the fastest now.

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NanditoPapa t1_j9nyatm wrote

Yep. Other countries, likely China and Asian countries looking to increase their manufacturing hub, would use this to their advantage.

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ironborn123 t1_j9o8kmo wrote

I sometimes think any legislator interested in economics and proposing an economic policy, should have run or atleast worked in a business at some point in his/her life. Good intentions are not enough for something as important as policymaking. Practical experience is equally necessary.

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NanditoPapa t1_j9o9ptp wrote

I WANT to agree with you...but I can't (lol). Many politicians are lawyers, but still don't seem to know how to create laws and legislation. The US recently had a "businessman" in office and he made a lot of poor policy decisions because HIS experience with business was one of corruption and kickbacks. So, while I agree there should be some sort of workshop or required class for politicians, especially when they sit on specific committees involving economics or science issues, I'm not convinced that it would help all that much. Lots of legislators have an amazing amount of information at their fingertips and they STILL choose to be stupid.

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ironborn123 t1_j9okj2o wrote

Well he seems to have spoilt the reputation of the whole business community.

But then he wasnt a conventional businessman anyway. Extensively depended on parental wealth and connections to get him out of trouble. Was more of a media celebrity than a domain expert in anything.

History provides better examples. Truman.

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banuk_sickness_eater t1_j9q03dz wrote

I really hope Truman isn't your choice of example for the efficacy of the businessman-President. Truman was a blithering dolt entirely unprepared and unfit for the presidency. He was failed local business owner turned pawn unwittingly wedged into his role as vice president (a role originally fitted to Henry Wallace) by the crony political muscling of Louisiana Party Boss Thomas Pendergast who wanted to reassert his Grenzsteifen by sticking his dick in FDR's birthday cake.

Truman numerous foibles and flaccid leadership directly lead to the runaway big stick foreign policy spearheaded by Secretary of State James Byrnes directly following WW-2 that so deepened the chill of Russian mistrust of American military intentions, that peripidiously billowed into the half-century long existential nightmare known as the Cold War- which humanity only recently barely survived the thawing of by the freezer burned skin of our collective balls.

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rushmc1 t1_j9ppg5l wrote

Get outta here with that "businessman" crap. Trump killed that bad idea forever.

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ShittyInternetAdvice t1_j9rkvm3 wrote

Most “businesspeople” aren’t really any more informed on tech matters than the average American

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Zeikos t1_j9o3y9i wrote

More precarious than people not having the income to buy what's produced by those machines?
Yes, the race to the bottom factor is a risk, that doesn't mean that it cannot be hedged against.

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lr89-hk t1_j9o72s7 wrote

Realistically, this won’t pass. But if they were going to do it properly they should increase taxes on sales of AI tools outside of the US. This would drive up the prices elsewhere and allow the US to stay ahead.

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Zeikos t1_j9oltxv wrote

You mean the import of machine produced goods?
Because tools are going to be developed elsewhere, the science isn't exactly top secret.
There might be some asymmetry for some time but other economies are going to catch up.

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visarga t1_j9p5sw4 wrote

Moving design attribution from one country to another is much easier than doing the same for physical goods. You just develop it in country A and launch it in country B, no taxes.

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MarromBrown t1_j9oi50q wrote

oh yeah, because anarchocapitalism will surely work great

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Solid_Anxiety8176 t1_j9oociq wrote

I feel like embracing it the most the fastest might not be sustainable long term. Definitely would suck falling behind significantly though.

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dumpitdog t1_j9opp03 wrote

I agree but someone has to pay Caesar. The Chinese government or whatever government cannot function without public cash flow. This cash flow comes from taxes duties on produced and purchase products. We will literally be going back to the caves we don't figure out some way to fund or infrastructure or military and our government.

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rushmc1 t1_j9ppoou wrote

The government is a LOT better at collecting money than it is at spending it.

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