President Donald Trump has said that the US has to lead in artificial intelligence (AI) technology (or “superintelligence”), clearing government roadblocks for innovators while demanding full corporate transparency
He has also flatly rejected any joint US-China AI ventures, holding the line on a simple principle: America protects its technological superiority instead of handing the keys over to a strategic rival.
It’s a sober, sensible playbook that makes the sudden, doom-and-gloom lecturing from Democrats look all the more ridiculous.
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lecturing → say → Democrats
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Report → start → news
That brings us to Barack Obama.
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That → bring → Obama
When he’s not making self-congratulatory podcasts or making TV shows, the former president occasionally descends from the mountaintop to deliver a sermon to the masses.
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president → make → masses
His latest stop on the righteousness tour was Colgate University, where he warned a room of wide-eyed academics that AI is on the verge of falling into the hands of “bad humans” and potentially bringing about the end of civilization.
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AI → warn → civilization
Naturally, he pointed an accusing finger straight at President Trump, demanding the state step in with a heavy hand to police innovation.
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state → point → innovation
Those in attendance nodded along.
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Those → nod → attendance
There’s just one problem, and it’s impossible to ignore.
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it → ’ → ?
Obama helped unleash the very technology he now seeks to shackle.
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he → help → technology
Worse still, he is stoking panic rather than encouraging reasoned discussion of the risks and benefits of AI.
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he → stoke → AI
California sits directly at the center of this hypocrisy.
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California → sit → hypocrisy
Silicon Valley didn’t accidentally conquer the world during the Obama presidency.
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Valley → conquer → presidency
Big Tech was enabled by a White House that happily traded regulatory immunity for campaign cash.
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that → enable → cash
Silicon Valley bankrolled Obama’s campaign war chest.
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Valley → bankroll → chest
And in return, his administration cleared the runway, letting oligarchs and engineers build massive “unicorn” companies without much federal interference.
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oligarchs → clear → interference
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In 2016, Obama’s own administration released an expansive national AI strategy designed to accelerate investment while staying out of the way.
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administration → download → way
It was an acknowledgment of the obvious: You don’t seek to stifle American ingenuity with unnecessary regulations while aggressive foreign powers race ahead.
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powers → seek → regulations
That same year, Washington wisely got out of the driver’s seat entirely, clearing federal pathways for early testing of autonomous vehicles on public highways.
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Washington → get → highways
American roads became the natural proving ground for transformative software.
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roads → become → software
Washington simply understood that engineers needed room to develop and test their technology in the real world.
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engineers → understand → world
Fast-forward to today, and Obama, the chief political architect of the tech era, seems stunned by what his own policies produced.
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policies → forward → what
Obama helped build the digital superhighway and paved it with taxpayer money.
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Obama → help → money
He removed the speed limits, and now stands at the off-ramp, joining the radical left in demanding Washington pull the handbrake.
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Washington → remove → handbrake
But the only reason there is room for discussion is that President Trump has the backbone to reject the government’s impulse to control everything.
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Trump → be → everything
And for that, Obama is attacking him.
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Obama → attack → him
He is doing so in spite of the fact that the time Obama left office, the AI industry had already attracted massive amounts of capital.
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industry → do → capital
The train had left the station and was halfway down the track.
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train → leave → track
Calling out the current administration for refusing to throttle an industry Obama spent the best part of a decade actively fostering takes a special kind of audacity.
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Obama → call → audacity
His sudden shift from enthusiastic cheerleader to catastrophist reveals an underlying political goal.
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shift → reveal → goal
If the left can’t control a breakthrough technology, they want to regulate it into submission.
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they → control → submission
Americans listening to Obama’s patronizing lectures are entitled to roll their eyes, look past the dystopian warnings, reject the pearl-clutching, and remember what America does better than any other country on Earth: out-build, out-compete, and ultimately win.
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America → listen → Earth
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