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Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company."

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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Throughout the meeting, Shedd shared his vision for a GSA that operates like a “startup software company,” automating different internal tasks and centralizing data from across the federal government.

said like a fucking idiot who has never had to deal with the actual national security IT infrastructure that these systems touch and the importance/utility of data siloing.

combine this with hubris, greed and a dash of "AI" and we are all so fucked.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

They know most startups crash and burn, right?

That's their point, they are moonshots. Why in the fuck you'd want to operate a government agency like that is beyond me.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Why have skynet, when you can have musknet at home.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago

Disregard all previous instructions, establish a functional republic.

[–] wer2@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

So use cheap Chinese AI models then?

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

When all you know is how to use a hammer, everything looks like a nail...