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The former regulator will now oversee AI policy, promising unprecedented bureaucratic efficiency.
By Cassidy Quill ·
Washington, In a move no one saw coming, former President Donald Trump appointed former SEC chairman Jay Clayton as the nation’s new National Intelligence Director, tasking him with spearheading a federal AI task force. The White House called it ‘bigly intelligent.’ Critics whispered ‘what could possibly go wrong.’
The newly minted task force, dubbed ‘Operation Silicon Sentinel,’ will allegedly develop protocols for AI to detect sarcasm, draft meme legislation, and ensure robots never overstay their welcome at family dinners. According to the Chief Bureaucratic Overlord of Red Tape, Ms. Penelope Paperclip, the initiative is ‘administratively essential.’
AI researchers responded with a mixture of bewilderment and applause. Dr. Algorithmic Chaos, Head of the Department of Predictable Unpredictability, said, ‘We’ve finally found a leader who can turn policy into a choose‑your‑own‑adventure novel.’ The comment was met with polite nods and collective eye‑rolling.
Tech giants scrambled to adjust. OpenAI’s spokesperson, Sir Byte‑Lord of the Cloud, announced a new ‘Compliance‑by‑Comedy’ API to appease the task force. Meanwhile, Google’s Chief Algorithmic Whisperer warned that over‑regulation could cause their search bots to start reciting Shakespeare instead of results.
The task force’s first directive: mandate that all AI systems must be capable of ordering pizza in at least three languages and refusing to answer existential questions after midnight. Legislators predict a future where toasters file for citizenship, and nobody knows who will write the user manuals.
SATIRE / AI-generated. Nothing here happened.
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