One Big Bad Bill

In this episode, we break down Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" and its dystopian AI provisions: automated fraud detection systems, centralized citizen databases, military AI integration, and a 10-year moratorium blocking all state AI regulation. We explore the historical parallels with authoritarian data consolidation and why this represents a fundamental shift away from limited government principles once held by US conservatives.(00:00) - Intro (01:13) - Bill, general overview (05:14) - Bill, AI overview (07:54) - Medicaid fraud detection systems (11:20) - Bias in AI Systems and Ethical Concerns (17:58) - Centralization of data (30:04) - Military integration of AI (37:05) - Tax incentives for development (40:57) - Regulatory moratorium (47:58) - One big bad authoritarian regimeLinksCongress page on the One Big Beautiful Bill ActNYMag article - Republicans Admit They Didn’t Even Read Their Big Beautiful BillEverything is Horrible Blogpost - They Did Vote For This (GOP House Edition)AuthoritarianismHistorical contextHolocaust Encyclopedia article - Gleichschaltung: Coordinating the Nazi StateWikipedia article - 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office bombingWikipedia article - Four DsConservative leaning, pro-privacy, anti-governmentData Governance Hub blogpost - Review and Literature Guide of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Dataset”Cato Institute blogpost - If You Value Privacy, Resist Any Form of National ID CardsAmerican Enterprise Intitute blogpost - The Dangerous Road to a “Master File”—Why Linking Government Databases Is a Terrible IdeaEFF blogpost - The Dangers of Consolidating All Government InformationACLU against national ID cardsACLU main page on national ID cardsACLU blogpost - National Identification Cards: Why Does the ACLU Oppose a National I.D. System?ACLU blogpost - 5 Problems with National ID CardsInherent unfairness of MLLighthouse Reports investigation - The Limits of Ethical AILighthouse Reports investigation - Suspicion MachinesAmazon Science publication - Bias preservation in machine learning: The legality of fairness metrics under EU non-discrimination lawMichigan Technology Law Review article - The Unfairness of Fair Machine Learning: Levelling down and strict egalitarianism by defaultWired article - Health Care Bias Is Dangerous. But So Are ‘Fairness’ AlgorithmsMilitaryWallStreet Journal article - The Army’s Newest Recruits: Tech Execs From Meta, OpenAI and MoreTrump executive order - Unleashing American Drone DominanceAnthropic press release - Claude Gov Models for U.S. National Security CustomersMoratorium on State AI RegulationTechPolicy.Press article - The State AI Laws Likeliest To Be Blocked by a MoratoriumForbes article - Colorado’s AI Law Still Stands After Update Effort FailsOther SourcesKPMG report - Incentives and credits tax provisions in “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”The Register article - Trump team leaks AI plans in public GitHub repositoryWallStreet Journal article - To Feed Power-Wolfing AI, Lawmakers Are Embracing NuclearCBS Austin article - IRS direct file program exceeded its expectations but faces uncertain future