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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

99 problems but this bitch ain't one.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

All my homies hate Raphael

I only use AI to make shitty furry porn. It needs to be regulated.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

ah Ted Cruz... the infected pimple in the ass that is the GOP

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 173 points 1 week ago (3 children)

“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”

  • John Boehner

„Everyone hates Ted“

  • Donald Trump
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 107 points 1 week ago

I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.

-Al Franken

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz: I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."

  • Al Franken
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Isn’t it funny how Dems chased out Al Franken for that shitty photo, but Republicans rally behind their own sex pests?

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I do not like that man Ted Cruz..." - John Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wckRIrz2w

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 133 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you want to see how ignorant some voters can be, there is really no better evidence than Ted Cruz.

I followed his recent Senate race in Texas. In a campaign speech, Cruz said he was fighting the elite.

  • His father owns an oil company in Canada.
  • He attended a private prep school in Houston. His classmates were Bush family kids.
  • He attended Harvard University and Princeton
  • His wife Heidi Cruz is a top executive at Goldman Sachs

This guy is fighting the establishment? Are you kidding me? 🤦🤦🤦.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You have to remember it's not about facts, it's about feelings. As I always say, we're all susceptible to that to some extent, but the republicans have it bad.

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[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 79 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So what I'm hearing is this is a bill to distract from more important things and to delay.

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Rafael doesn't belive in preferred names. Stop calling Rafael, Ted.

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[–] einlander@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is this foreign born person still in the US? Didn't Trump say he wanted to deport naturalized citizens? Deport ~~Ted~~ Rafael Edward Cruz back to Canada! Send him back!

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago (11 children)

After all the shit you're giving us to deal with in Canada this would be the final straw that leads to war. He's a product of your culture and his power comes from you, he's your creation.

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I thought the 1 vote had to be ~~the Zodiac killer~~ Ted Cruz, but no:

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

Did he just not get the memo, or is he that paid off?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So unless my math is wrong there are 100 senators. And if the only yes vote was my own lovely senator Tillis, Cruz voted against his own thing?!?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, even Cruz voted against it. Reality is truly stranger than fiction.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 20 points 1 week ago

maybe check from openai didn't clear

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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

And how does anyone vote for something that's 99-1 unless you happen to be the first? Some things you should make a principled stand sure, but that's not this.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

🤣🤣🤣

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

So... Ted voted against his own bill?

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 28 points 1 week ago

Rafael Cruz hates Rafael Cruz so much that he voted against his own amendment.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Ted Cruz can go fuck himself.

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol he even voted against his own plan. Imagine being the schmuck who was the one dissenting vote

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Wasn’t there someone else who created a bill and voted for it, but told others to vote against it?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So how much did this cost?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

False, nobody can ever lose respect for Ted Cruz. There's none to lose.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Ted Cruz. The ULTIMATE bottom.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of course. Also, thanks Obama!

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don’t forget to blame dei and Hillary’s emails!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Damn those buttery males!

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Probably doesn't care, already made his paycheck after all

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stop giving broadband funds globally, it's just squandered, it needs to be manually voted on and approved per project.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Was Ted the 1 vote or was he in Cancun for the roll call?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Some nuance I read recently: The argument from above is basically that they want Ai research to continue as it has national security value. Therefore, any limitations or regulations to AI research should only happen on a federal level.

The idea is that all states should share the same playing field so that any researchers do not have to treat states differently.

I'm sorry, but that's bullshit. This would have been the inverse of how a federal government is supposed to work. Rather than keeping individuals from being exploited at the state level, the exploiters are now at the federal level creating policy. They've had a plan in place since Trump's first term, and they don't want blue states interfering.

Governors of states are already looking to remove federal safety regulations to build small modular nuclear reactors in order to power these dumb fucking data centers they will likely be using to store very unethical surveillance data.

They are also planning to use AI to more efficiently build nuclear reactors. While removing federal oversight and safety regulations that have been in place for 50 years... What could possibly go wrong?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 21 points 1 week ago

No, that's the rationalization. They admin wants to use palantir to collect data on American citizens, including giving ICE mobile camera installations to do face tracking. They want to do a 1984, and they don't want any speed bumps from the states

Also, AI companies gave Trump money and there's talk of restricting their power/water access to data centers to prioritize the people living nearby

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

I don’t buy it.

A diversity of regulatory approaches especially in such a complex subject really does need the 50 state laboratory.

In fact because states are smaller markets, it might encourage the development of more smaller companies. A complex regulatory landscape gives an efficiency edge to players who focus product development in specific states.

Anything to keep this shitshow happening in a more democratic way is fine by me. Anthropic and that Altman fellow seem so desperately out of touch with humanity, I welcome any disadvantages we can give them.

i honestly don't give af about states that like ai fuck them. ai should be abolished everywhere.

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