The biggest surprise (to me) from this conversation is that there is a growing and likely *irreparable* rift between the core right-wing intelligentsia and Big Tech, and much of it driven by #AI.
Those on the right are still reeling from having their media outlets “cancelled” and deplatformed by Big Tech over the last five years, only to learn that Big Tech is now training AI on their material, which can potentially jeopardize their monetization. That puts right-wing pundits on the same team as small-time creators whose works are being stolen by Big Tech. Strange bedfellows indeed.
According to Nguyen, conservatives are so deeply distrustful of Big Tech that they now make it a priority to own their entire tech stack—something that the left can probably learn from—and not ever depend on the good graces of AWS or Meta ever again. Truth Social is built on such vertical integration. Now that the right has their tech stack, they no longer need Big Tech, and a divorce is underway.
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