“The Department of Defense considers this a critical advantage in cyberwarfare, and AI moves from #5 on the administration’s priority list to #2.” they’re talking about the DoD specifically, not the Trump administration more broadly. I actively disbelieve that AI will be the #2 priority for Trump in Feb ’27; it seems plausible for it to be the #2 priority in the DoD. I do believe there are a lot of NatSec people who are going to be extremely worried about cyber-warfare (and other threats) from AI.
This is supposed to be referring to the Trump administration more broadly. I’m curious why you’re so skeptical of it being #2 once the AIs are at the level of top human hackers.
Yeah, good question. I think it’s because I don’t take politicians’ (and White House staffers) ability to prioritize things based on their genuine importance. Perhaps due to listening to Dominic Cummings a decent amount, I have a sense that administrations tend to be very distracted by whatever happens to be in the news and on the forefront of the public’s attention. We agree that the #1 priority will be some crisis or something, but I think the #2 and #3 priorities will be something something culture war something something kitchen-table economics something something, because I think that’s what ordinary people will be interested in at the time and the media will be trying to cater to ordinary people’s attention and the government will be playing largely off the media and largely off Trump’s random impulses to invade Greenland or put his face on all the money or whatever. :shrug:
This is supposed to be referring to the Trump administration more broadly. I’m curious why you’re so skeptical of it being #2 once the AIs are at the level of top human hackers.
Yeah, good question. I think it’s because I don’t take politicians’ (and White House staffers) ability to prioritize things based on their genuine importance. Perhaps due to listening to Dominic Cummings a decent amount, I have a sense that administrations tend to be very distracted by whatever happens to be in the news and on the forefront of the public’s attention. We agree that the #1 priority will be some crisis or something, but I think the #2 and #3 priorities will be something something culture war something something kitchen-table economics something something, because I think that’s what ordinary people will be interested in at the time and the media will be trying to cater to ordinary people’s attention and the government will be playing largely off the media and largely off Trump’s random impulses to invade Greenland or put his face on all the money or whatever. :shrug: