What's happening in DeSantistan 2.0

Liberals are the true religionists when it comes to abortion. They appeal to the shadowy realm of theology regarding when a person becomes a person.

 

Haven't seen this on the thread. Right now Theocracy is more of a threat. SMH.

Florida bill to teach kindergarteners about threats of communism gets Senate approval.

 

UF AI computer being hobbled by best people refusing to work in DeSantistan

Nvidia’s $70 Million Florida Supercomputer Hobbled by DeSantis Law (msn.com)

When Chris Malachowsky, a billionaire co-founder of chip giant Nvidia Corp., bankrolled one of the world’s biggest supercomputers at the University of Florida, Ron DeSantis predicted the machine would be a magnet for artificial intelligence talent. Almost four years later, the Florida governor’s anti-China crusade is preventing some highly skilled AI researchers from ever setting foot in the state.

HiPerGator AI, built with Nvidia’s lightning-fast AI processors and housed near a futuristic new computer-science building bearing Malachowsky’s name, was designed to make UF a leader in using cutting-edge computing for academic research. Malachowsky, a UF alumnus, and Nvidia each pumped $25 million into the project. Florida’s flagship university put up another $20 million.

Academics at UF and other Florida universities want to use HiPerGator AI for everything from developing better strains of wheat to finding cancer-fighting drugs. Yet such work is being stymied, professors say, by a DeSantis-backed law that effectively blocks universities from recruiting from seven countries “of concern,” including two that produce top AI researchers: China and Iran.

“It’s a stupid law for many reasons. The reality is that we need to be attracting talent, not sending them away,” said Danaya Wright, a law professor who chairs the university’s faculty senate. “For some faculty, it will hamper research and set it back for several years.”

 

What does critiquing communism have to do with theocracy ?

 

Wait the co founder of NVDIA is a UF alumni? Forget supercomputers and AI - what can he do for Gator Football?. He must of sold some shares along the way but he’s still worth $1.2B

OF course this is a pipe dream. Like most techies he’s a liberal and DeSatan has now soured him on donating to UF. I know I for one have paused donations until things get fixed and DeSatan is a distant memory.

 

Uh-oh, word is that Matt Gaetz is DeSantis’ likely successor.

 

Over Ashley Moody?

 

There's no way that happens. Actually Moody is next in line

 

As expected however I feel like they pass bills know that they will lose in court but they still don't care

 

I’ve asked this before and don’t think I’ve gotten an answer. Is there anyone who can even attempt to defend this bill?

 

I wasn’t just making this up …

Kaplan Poll: Gaetz Leads Florida Republican Pack in 2026 Governor's Race to Succeed DeSantis

 

Florida Republicans Keep Trying to Argue That Slavery Wasn’t So Bad

Florida Republican Alex Andrade Argues That Slaves Were Paid

 

I love that they think this is some kind of big counterpoint. Its like "You think American prisons are inhumane and brutal? Well some prisoners make 5 cents an hour to make license plates and buy gum in the commissary."

 

What’s more embarrassing is that this guy is a UF and UF law grad. Is this the indoctrination that you righties are so worried about?

 

Another clueless asshole who should consider volunteering to live in servitude.

 

No, they like that indoctrination.