Musk’s Intelligence

There is no questioning Elon Musk’s brilliance. The man is leading a major car company, a major social media company, a major satellite communications company, a major aerospace company, and he’s also leading the first truly serious effort to reform the size and scope of government. (Have I missed anything?)

But the Herculean task of analyzing the sheer volume of transactions and the vast amounts of money the government is spending has people asking how Musk and his team are finding this outrageous spending so quickly. They’re also asking why Congress hasn’t found it after years of “oversight.”

Well, don’t be too hard on Congress.

It’s been reported that the computer whizzes Musk has with him have taken agency budgets and fed them into an artificial intelligence (AI) program with certain instructions. The AI program, in the blink of an eye, is flagging all this “spending porn.”

There are many reasons to worry about AI. But if it ends up being the way we finally bring sunlight to the Swamp, that alone would be worth it. However, we might want to pray that no one gives it to the IRS!