US election results read as a rejection of tech oligarchy
What happened
A Hacker News front-page post on Nov 5 reads Tuesday's US election results as voters rejecting tech oligarchy, saying red, blue and swing-state voters alike opposed the harsh, corrupt and degraded economy of recent years. It cites OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's earlier remark to Politico that the world should accept some bad things happening in exchange for the technology's benefits. It ties Silicon Valley oligarchs' courtship of the Trump administration to Musk-led government efficiency department layoffs and AI algorithms replacing human expertise. The post gives no vote counts or specific races.
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- Hacker News front page'There Is One Fight': American Voters Reject Tech Oligarchy
美国选民在周二的选举中否决了科技寡头政治，红州、蓝州和摇摆州选民共同反对过去几年出现的残酷、腐败与堕落经济。文章援引 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 此前对 Politico 的表态——"世界应接受一些坏事发生以换取这项技术的益处"，并将硅谷寡头对特朗普政府的逢迎与马斯克主导的政府效率部门裁员、AI 算法取代人类专业能力等现象联系起来。
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