Updated: The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry – we captured backups

The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don’t worry – we captured backups

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    9 hours ago

    “all-in-one API” that will allow agencies to connect their systems to models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic

    This is a huge red flag to me.

    It means:

    • They are ignorant of existing APIs and standards that are exactly this. Uh, MCP or OpenAI API? Which everyone already uses?
    • They have zero interesting in models they can host themselves, or from cheaper providers. Or, heaven forbit, finetune for their own work.
    • They have zero interest in actually useful tools. Like, say, SGLang’s cached hosting and fast fill-in-the-blanks formatting which is perfect for say, processing government forms.

    In other words, it’s just full corporate AI Bro capture. And shitty.

    One of the consequences is that it will be very bad, unfortunately.

    • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 hours ago

      What’s sad is that this is a consequence not just of this admins shittiness but of a long enshittification of our government.

      Not only do government jobs pay a mediocre salary until you get really really far in the org, a fact that only gets worse as the idea of a middle class lifestyle gets gutted, but for decades now, working a government job has become less and less prestigious. It used to be that there were always plenty of loonies who found pride in being a “public servant” and thought the best place to use their genius was in government.

      Now, as we see, there’s no one in these positions with even cursory knowledge of how these programs work.

      And there’s definitely no millennials or zoomers fresh out of tech school that would debase themselves to working in government who would be able see these flaws in two seconds.