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Critics blast tech billionaires for urging cuts while touting AI welfare
Original: Tech broligarchs talk about " # AI model welfare" but urge # Trump to cut # SNAPBenefits and # Medicaid / # Medicare and
Critics are accusing leading tech billionaires of hypocrisy: the same figures who talk about the welfare of AI models are reportedly urging the Trump administration to cut food stamps, Medicaid and Medicare to help fund tax cuts. Commentators argue it is absurd to prioritise concern for artificial intelligence systems while supporting reductions in health care and nutrition support for low-income Americans, framing the push as a way to finance tax giveaways.
Why now: Ongoing debate over proposed federal spending cuts and tax cuts under Trump has reignited anger at tech billionaires' political influence.
Trump administrationSilicon Valley tech billionairesSNAPMedicaidMedicare
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- Tech broligarchs talk about " # AI model welfare" but urge # Trump to cut # SNAPBenefits and # Medicaid / # Medicare and what not to make them tax cut gifts # politics # uspol # LLMs # artificalIntelligence # genAI # generativeAI # agenticAI # AIAgent # noAI · shaedrich@mastodon.online · 6
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