PhilNote: Unfortunately this is why DOGE is eliminating gov't agencies and positioning the gov't to outsource national policy to the Xai / Palintar / Anduril collective. The biproduct of DOGE is a huge transfer of tax dollars to Elon, Palmer Lucky, and Peter Thiel.
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In case it escaped anyone’s notice the "third offset" was a miserable failure. We decisively lost, and our potential enemies won. The United States kept building expensive weapons systems while our enemies built up an asymmetric advantage by focusing on relatively inexpensive missiles, drones, cyber, etc. But there is good news, an AGI-powered economy and military forces are going to give us another bite at the apple. If the United States first wins the race to deploy agentic warfare and then couples that with AGI, our past mistakes and failures will become meaningless, as the new AGI paradigm will guarantee freedom, security, and prosperity. This time, failure is not an option.
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