Went to a talk today about, "Planning for AI in your organization." The guy spoke approvingly of 20th century robber barons like Rockefeller and Carnegie, and then compared them to Thiel and Musk. I think the whole talk was a propaganda effort for turning everything over to oligarchs and letting them run things. I wish I'd managed to articulate that before the Q&A period was over.
The world’s richest man tried to gain access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payment system
"Elon Musk deployed engineers to the agency to find a way to shut off funds to various projects...become a focus for Mr. Musk and his team of aides at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. They have spoken to others about their desire to find dramatic ways to cut costs, including ways that don’t require congressional authority."