After AI Push, Trump Administration Is Now Looking To Robots
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/03/1737210/after-ai-push-trump-administration-is-now-looking-to-robots
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> Five months after [1]releasing a plan to [2]accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, the Trump administration is turning to robots. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been meeting with robotics industry CEOs and is " [3]all in" on accelerating the industry's development , according to three people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity to share details. The administration is considering issuing an executive order on robotics next year, according to two of the people. A Department of Commerce spokesperson said: "We are committed to robotics and advanced manufacturing because they are central to bringing critical production back to the United States."
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> The Department of Transportation is also preparing to announce a robotics working group, possibly before the end of the year, according to one person familiar with the planning. A spokesperson for the department did not respond to a request for comment. There's growing interest on Capitol Hill as well. A Republican amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would have created a national robotics commission. The amendment was not included in the bill. Other legislative efforts are underway. The flurry of activity suggests robotics is emerging as the next major front in America's race against China.
"There is now recognition that advanced robotics is crucial to the U.S. in terms of manufacturing, technology, national security, defense applications, public safety," said Brendan Schulman, VP of policy and government relations for Boston Dynamics. "The investment that we're seeing in the sector and the efforts in China to dominate the future of robotics are being noticed."
[1] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/009227/trump-launches-genesis-mission-a-manhattan-project-level-ai-push
[2] https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/152244/white-house-unveils-action-plan-to-accelerate-ai-development
[3] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/trump-administration-ai-robotics-00674204
I for one welcome our new (Score:1)
politically-indebted robot overlords.
Re: (Score:2)
More socialism for the rich oligarchs.
Musk finally has a sucker to buy his robots.
Thieves don't invest (Score:2)
"Five months after releasing a plan to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence..."
LOL
"...the Trump administration is turning to robots."
LOLOL
What about robots enables Trump to steal billions of dollars without effort?
MAGA? (Score:2)
What about all the rhetoric of bringing back good paying American jobs? Robots are not going to create 100K-1M middle class jobs. FTFA, it's simply to siphon off automation already taking place in China.
Reminder for many who voted for Trump: He doesn't care about you or your problems!
Trump is transactional. All he cares about is money and ego.
70% of middle class jobs (Score:2)
Since 1980 were taken by automation not outsourcing. Google it.
The Trump administration is heavily pushing even more automation.
His commerce Secretary has already admitted that even if tariffs magically brought the factories back the jobs wouldn't come with them because they would be automated.
We are going to have to do something about this. In the very near future, in the life of most of the people reading this, about a quarter of the population is going to be rendered completely useless. We wi
Anything to avoid paying the people. (Score:2)
Their dream is we are all dead and robots do everything as they live in excess forever.
One L after another (Score:2)
Just can't stop backing the most loser meme shite imaginable, just as crypto and AI start to tip into decline it's on to robots, it's like there's a checklist to hit every overhyped industry possible while trying to destroy every possible industry on the rise. You know Trump isn't a foreign plant simply because there's no way there'd be this much accuracy in intentional sabotage.
Too late. (Score:2)
China already won this war. They have robot taxis that cost a fifth of Waymo's. Xiaomi has a dark factory that manufactures a smart phone every second. There are already Chinese humanoid robots turning up at trade shows. They're years ahead of us and they have more research universities training more roboticists than the USA ever will. This initiative will fail just like Obama's attempt to beat China at making solar power tech did. Trump needs to pick fights the USA can win.
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"Trump needs to pick fights the USA can win."
Trump's definition of "win" is not the same as yours. Trump's winning always ends in bankruptcy.
Re: Too late. (Score:1)
China is falling apart from within. Demographics bomb, serious civil unrest, currency manipulation, a host of problems. Be careful of quitting the field when your enemy is losing.
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If you can't fight fairly, then kick below the belt: Use the banks to rape the world then throw in tariffs for good measure.