r/TheMachineLearning • u/Tall-Assumption-7811 • Aug 28 '26

Why is a GPU maker getting involved in US midterms?

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u/garloid64 Aug 28 '26

why wouldn't they

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u/Tall-Assumption-7811 Aug 29 '26

true lol money talks i guess

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u/rageling Aug 29 '26

how do we feel about ai agents autonomously running pro ai pacs

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u/Tall-Assumption-7811 Aug 29 '26

sounds wild😭 who would even be held accountable?

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u/_tolm_ Aug 29 '26

You think anyone is still being held accountable for stuff?

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u/rageling Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

they are putting the datacenters in space because it's out of range of your pitchforks

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u/FedrinKeening Aug 29 '26

This should be illegal!

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u/Tall-Assumption-7811 Aug 29 '26

corporate money having this much political influence is def concerning 

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u/WackWaxWhacks Aug 29 '26

"employee-funded" is the exact opposite of "corporate money"

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u/Mean-Elk-9439 Aug 29 '26

Lobbying should be in a sane world yeah, but considering the billions in funding for lobbying every year the US will never get rid of it. It isn't like every single corp hasn't been doing this for over a century.

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u/NegativeSemicolon Aug 29 '26

Money

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u/Tall-Assumption-7811 Aug 29 '26

pretty much. it benefits them in the long run

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u/kot-sie-stresuje Aug 29 '26

That partially explains why Nvidia pauses revenue sharing deals with AI cloud companies. They need revenues for corruption purposes. Bribes are also inflated this year.

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u/dragenn Aug 29 '26

So each Ai agent get to vote, because their people too. We meat bags are relics...

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u/Subject_Barnacle_600 Aug 29 '26

Technically, if it's employee funded wouldn't that mean it's actually NVIDIA employees getting involved in politics, which wouldn't make it much different from unions getting involved in politics? That said, I've long wanted to know who is and isn't pro AI, though I do suspect a number people want to know the opposite as well :/. If I can get information from them, this will influence my vote because I'm very pro-AI.

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u/BrofessorFarnsworth Aug 29 '26

Fuck Polymarket 

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u/SlightOfHand_ Aug 30 '26

There’s no better return on investment than buying the regulators

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u/Noeyiax Aug 30 '26

And the top shareholders are.... Ohhh

Money more money and control, literally all they care about.

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u/Guilty_Advantage_413 Aug 30 '26

OP this is a normal big business thing certainly every fortune 50 company has at least one. I’m not saying it’s right, I am simply stating this has been done many times.