• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    …which is not, despite the name, a government agency.

    There it is.

    The earlier stories (or headlines) left me wondering how they were going to blatantly get around the humongous conflict of interest.

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      8 days ago

      Exactly. The Ministry of Truth says _________ (fill in the blank as needed.)

      It will sound like a government agency is providing recommendations, but in truth it’s whatever Elon says.

      It won’t have government employees or have to follow government rules. It’s just an expensive government contractor with no rules. It won’t have to prove itself. Just “the algorithm” that has the answer to any problem. How did it arrive at that answer? Difficult to say, it’s proprietary. Assuming any accountability, it won’t be uncovered until years after the decision has already been made.

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      8 days ago

      seems to me that they got every thing they paid for them and it was a good price to pay.

      not sure what meaning, if any, being “85% down”, has in that context.