AI congress

When my flip phone rings, I see myself as a metaphor for the federal government. As AI explodes on the scene private companies are gearing up to recreate the world and the feds are sitting their with their 30 year old computers trying to figure out what's happening. People in congress are the ones that often say they are not good at math and they too are trying to understand these new concepts. Fortunately Elon Musk has got the ear of the incoming president and he has plans to remake the government from the top down. While most of the interest is on cutting waste and fraud the big side benefit is that he will bring the latest technology on stream and increase efficiency in all areas. For many these new ways mean job losses and early on that may be the case but in time new jobs will evolve. Some people feel that Trump should slow down AI to transition more slowly to lessen the negative effects of fast job loss but others say you can't stop progress and they argue that other countries like China will pass us by. Things are changing so fast both in technology and politics that many of the old gray beards in congress have no idea how to deal with the changes. These are the same people who are asking their grandchildren to fix their phones. These fast changing times require new young bloods to take over but the people just keep re electing the incumbents. Let's hope that future congresses have more members who are engineers than lawyers.