I said "artificial" sounded fake, so I fixed it — and now the whole industry is using my word
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He renamed the industry. The regulators wore his letters.
This cartoon ran with H1: I said "artificial" sounded fake, so I fixed it — and now the whole industry is using my word.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Emil Michael, SpaceXAI, Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, US Department of Defense, White House
- Themes
- US AI policy, AI terminology, Technology industry self-regulation, Federal task forces, Executive branch coordination
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship, Truthfulness