3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.

It's kind of like realizing you still idly think about Pierce Brosnan as the new, cool James Bond

Absent all other considerations, that's also just a really crappy pitch

...Do they realize that story confirms why they should ditch AI instead?

I had this line and it freaking rips

I should be used to it by now, but every so often it's still really striking to read journalism that can't call things what they are. Everyone knew this was fucking illegal and that the only reason they'd have done it this way was if they knew it was fucking illegal.