Quoted thread says Washington’s AI fight now includes kill-switch and nationalization ideas
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-24
A quoted thread says the “War on Computation” in Washington is being driven by doomer money from philanthropists and corporations, which has shifted the Overton window and left free-speech advocates outnumbered on Capitol Hill.
It claims lawmakers are now casually entertaining ideas like AI kill switches, AI nationalization, and other sweeping legislative language, with the battle even more intense in U.S. states.
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