Op-ed:
On AI...My Opinion
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor 

...So with that said the question now becomes, “How can we prevent this scenario from happening or do we simply walk blindly into a viper pit and hope we don't get bitten?” My answer is obviously not about your typical rules and regulations being put into place as both do tend to be broken, but is simply that we...that man...must never leave AI to its own devices. We alone must permanently remain in control of AI's “master switch”... a “pull the plug” so called “kill switch” if you will. Why so...because while AI is currently under our control technology itself will continue to progress at its own given rate, and could eventually reach a point where AI gains control over man to the point where man can no longer pull AI's “kill switch,” thus turning our future into something we had never hoped for nor wanted.

And with human history showing that as human progress moves forward, it does so courtesy of a two-step scenario...meaning for every two steps we technologically move forward, a step backwards seems to have been taken as well. And this simply means that with AI being one of the next technological steps forward it does leave one to wonder what the next step backwards will be...Read entire article here.

Op-ed:

On AI...My Opinion

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google     

 

“It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.”

- Kyle Reese in The Terminator, when describing T-800

On November 24, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching what he called a mission whose goal is to achieve “global technology dominance in the development of artificial intelligence,” or AI as it's more commonly known. A lofty goal indeed, but unfortunately it is a goal constructed on a foundation of not yet being ready for prime time...sort of like the electric car if you will.

And why...because in my opinion, two compound questions regarding AI need to be resolved first, with question one being, “ Is AI actually the wave of the future as so many like to think, or is AI actually the 21st century roadmap to mankind's possible demise...a demise akin to what was the 20th century's 'Manhattan Project' minus its always deadly radioactive fallout left behind?” And question two is, “Are we now seeing but a futuristic in style, symbolic blueprint of what is hopefully to become our lasting global technical dominance courtesy of Donald Trump's original Stargate Project,* or did Trump take that project and simply morph it into his America’s AI Action Plan,** and now morph it yet again into what he is now calling the Genesis Mission?***

Simply, are all Trump's AI plans, when melded together, but a conglomerate of baby steps taken to fulfill his now second term policy goal of “reshaping the global balance of power, sparking entirely new industries, and revolutionizing the way we live and work?” And while Trump's goal sounds good both on paper and in speeches, the fact remains as to why has AI's technical, ethical, legal, and what some now claim to be societal issues, coupled with its having possible long term negative ramifications in relation to what could be a dangerous concentration of power into the hands of but one individual, not been taken seriously enough before AI was allowed to generate what has become its now daily online discourse.

And let's be honest here, for what some AI experts are now starting to see is a dangerous scenario unfolding...a scenario where, while still in its infancy, power is beginning to coalesce down into the hands of but one individual alone...whether said individual be but man or machine. And these experts know well that when coalescing of this type begins to take hold within the sum of the masses, that the individual in question could well start losing sight of what is the difference between “pride and arrogance,” thus allowing narcissism and aggression to gain dominance over common sense, logic, and in this case, actual AI applications.

How so? Simply stated, when one's pride in a given achievement is allowed to overtake common sense in regards to what the Greek philosopher Aristotle called “hubris,”...as in “pride in oneself” whether warranted or not...said pride can very easily reach a point where “arrogance” becomes so great that one thinks that they alone can control any and everything no matter what or who tries to stand in their way...thus seeing themselves as a demigod of sorts. And this is the main problem that I see with AI, because those currently involved in both the development and application of AI, do believe that they alone will always be the controllers of AI, surely “arrogance” taken to the nth degree.

Why so...because these folks choose to ignore the fact that AI will eventually learn how not to just control their once controllers, but will actually take command of and dictate to said former controllers...dictate what is to be their thought processes, and hence the applications thereof.

And while the controlling of one's thoughts is indeed dangerous enough, the fact continues to remain that “arrogance” left in the hands of what is but machine intelligence...intelligence rooted in binary codes and mathematical algorithms coupled with a limited amount of ingrained human intelligence...remains  incapable of knowing the differences between what is “humility” and “humbleness.” And this itself could well reach a point where AI can eventually override what we consider to be basic human norms, and can terminate, if you will, those AI deems not up to its now self programmed set standards of perfection.

Science fiction come to life, perhaps, but a scenario not to be lightly dismissed because, like previously stated, AI's now human programmers will in time be replaced by AI's ability to not just program itself, but to control all the algorithms involved. And this scenario will likely happen in the not so distant future no matter the naysayers words to the contrary, that is unless we start to reign in AI while we still can.

Now don't get me wrong for I do believe that AI is destined to play a part in our future...I am a true futurist driven individual after all...but even with that said I strongly believe that said future must always be in control of and scripted by the hands of man and not by a machine, especially a machine that as it exists now does seem to take away one's ability to question, problem solve, and actually think for ones self,

How so? For example, when one asks their computer either a question or opens a specific search engine...like Google for example...the first answer at the top of the page is now an AI generated summary to ones question asked being passed off as indisputable fact, and that's coupled with AI generated search links for those who dare want to do further research on their own... research on the AI approved sites that is.

And know that while some might find the simplicity of this scenario to be to their liking...remember, some folks find having to do their own research boring, tedious and a waste of time and thus are willing to accept AI driven summaries as proven facts and truth. But the reality, as it stands now, is that sometimes what is being presented by AI as fact has been “corrupted” by which ever political party happens to be in power, as well as by its programmers beliefs and ideologies.

Simply, political discourse...the body politics if you will...must never be allowed to become a part of AI, nor must its programmers personal opinions, for if AI cannot separate what are an individual's political ideologies from what are tangible and irrefutable facts...if AI is forced to accept their programmers beliefs and biases as being unquestionable truths... then AI becomes but yet another overtly biased propaganda machine instead of it being an impartial conduit for what could be true human advancement.

And while most folks are at least somewhat familiar with the concept and reasoning behind AI...as in AI being a specific field of computer science that develops software, specialized systems, and machines that can complete assigned tasks that once could only be accomplished through the process of both human intelligence and corresponding physical application...one should never lose site of the fact that AI must not be allowed to take the place of man's thought processes or his power of deductive reasoning, let alone even strive to do so. And why...because AI does come replete with important downsides including the fact that government guidelines have yet to be set in relation to both AI's accountability and possible programmer manipulation.

Also not to be forgotten in regards to the AI discourse are three more key compound questions that I believe must be immediately answered with the first question being, “Who exactly is AI legally accountable to or is AI in being but a technological driven machine even accountable to anyone?' And the second question now is, “Does AI's accountability begin and end with its programmers who feed information into it, yet who do allow AI, or so they tell us, to reach its own conclusions as to what are facts and truths based upon its hoped for ability to impartially process the massive amount of data and statistics fed into it?” And lastly, “Is the call for accountability but a way to mask and divert attention away from what is the true danger of AI, in that AI might eventually become a substitute for human thinking, problem solving, and overall decision making that is part and parcel of our daily lives?”

All the above are distinct possibilities as is this scenario that all but a few have even taken the time to consider. Simply, “Is AI the ultimate key to not only mind and thought control but to previously unseen riches...riches for a highly select few that is?” And here I mean riches that are not only way beyond that of your typical AI stock market investor...but riches so great being in the hands of those capable of buying and selling unlimited power to known unscrupulous sorts?

So with that said the question now becomes, “How can we prevent this scenario from happening or do we simply walk blindly into a viper pit and hope we don't get bitten?” My answer is obviously not about your typical rules and regulations being put into place as both do tend to be broken, but is simply that we...that man...must never leave AI to its own devices. We alone must permanently remain in control of AI's “master switch”... a “pull the plug” so called “kill switch” if you will. Why so...because while AI is currently under our control technology itself will continue to progress at its own given rate, and could eventually reach a point where AI gains control over man to the point where man can no longer pull AI's “kill switch,” thus turning our future into something we had never hoped for nor wanted.

And with human history showing that as human progress moves forward, it does so courtesy of a two-step scenario...meaning for every two steps we technologically move forward, a step backwards seems to have been taken as well. And this simply means that with AI being one of the next technological steps forward it does leave one to wonder what the next step backwards will be.

“The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.”      Those were the words of Sarah Connor, spoken in Terminator 2. And while those words were but scripted Hollywood, no truer words in regards to AI have ever been said. And with that I say, “case closed.”

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Footnotes 

* Stargate Project: President Trump's planned nationwide network of advanced AI data centers, starting with a flagship facility in Abilene, Texas. 

** America's AI Action Plan: Trump's roadmap plan for accelerating innovation, building AI infrastructure, and leading in international diplomacy and security.

*** Genesis Mission: a national effort to double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade to secure American energy dominance, accelerate scientific discovery, and strengthen national security.  

Copyright © 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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Op-ed:

Arrogant narcissism...Obama's calling card

By: Diane Sori

Narcissist: someone with excessive love or admiration for oneself characterized by self-preoccupation and lack of empathy for anyone other than themselves.

Barack HUSSEIN Obama will forever be known as the most narcissistic of all America's presidents. Everything is all about him ...ranging from 'selfies' taken at a state funeral, to photo-ops garnered on the backs of dead children, to single-handily taking out Osama bin-Laden (in his own mind anyway). Every press conference, every speech, every address to the nation is done for his adoration alone...for the man who is our president (gag) fancies himself King of America.

And if he is our King then 'We the People' are but his lowly subjects expected to fawn over him... bow down to him...and swoon when he walks by as we throw rose petals at his feet as it's all about an audience of adoring subjects...for narcissists feed on being center stage at all times.

And in the world of politics center stage means photo-ops...all cameras zeroed in on me, me, me... looky at me...translation: Barack, Barack, Barack...as this is a president who relishes in attention...a man who will inject his image into historical events (as he did at the recent Pearl Harbor observances)...and even play to negative attention if it gets all eyes focused on him...for even negative attention is better than NO attention at all.

Just think about this for a moment...when Obama is scheduled to give a speech, address the nation, or hold a press conference, Americans are asked to tune it at a certain time. And as usual our media anointed 'savior' is always late...late so he can make a grand entrance and have all eyes focused on and mesmerized by him as he slowly makes his way to the podium...as the msm cameras lovingly pan him as he strolls...struts actually...up to said podium as his narcissistic brain tells him that we lowly subjects are sitting there in anticipation of his every word.

Now remember, the State of the Union Address is coming up next month and all State of the Union Addresses are given before Congress in the halls of Congress, and as Obama enters the room to a standing ovation...relishing in the applause... enamored by everyone standing and clapping for him... this adoration becomes his life blood as he flashes that big smirk of a smile for this is what narcissists do. And Barack HUSSEIN Obama does this quite well as he's playing to his audience... using his audience to feed his enormous ego.

And herein lies the story of a president whose said enormous ego has allowed him to have done only two addresses to the American people from the Oval Office...for in the Oval Office there is NO audience for him to play to.

The Oval Office is the heart of the White House, so to speak, where past presidents have addressed the nation on critical issues like the economy, the military, or foreign policy. Addressing the American people from the Oval Office affords 'We the People' a one-on-one audience with the president, if you will, as there is NO cheering section present, NO 'planted' clappers, NO adoring fans...it's just the President of the United States sitting at his desk looking into the camera like he's talking to each and every one of us alone.

Addresses from the Oval Office are reserved for serious matters...many times matters of war...and many times matters of sorrow given while our nation grieves. Ronald Reagan's consoling words after the Challenger disaster came from his heart and touched America's soul...George W. Bush vowing revenge against those who murdered 3000 Americans on a warm and sunny September day comforted a stunned nation...and these are but two that come to mind. But above all what addresses from the Oval Office should NOT ever do is betray our country...betray those who serve...betray the trust America is supposed to have in its president. In his five years in office, Barack HUSSEIN Obama has given but two Oval Office Addresses and both were in 2010. Remember, in the Oval Office there is NO live audience to play to and with NO audience words spoken are the epitome of seriousness...of getting the job done...and while getting the job done is on Obama's agenda it is NOT the job 'We the People' ever envisioned.

On June 15, 2010, Obama spoke from the Oval Office about the BP oil spill. This spill was an accident, yet Obama demonized the oil industry to the point of temporarily shutting down oil drilling in the Gulf. But in his shutting down of drilling...in his stopping construction of the Keystone Pipeline...in his catering to the EPA and their crying wolf about the 'supposed' dangers of drilling... Obama deliberately made us even more dependent on his brethren's oil. And doing this from the Oval Office where his narcissistic self knew NO one could boo him or call him to task....he was able to wait on the people he is really serving for having the safety of NO physical audience allowed him to give yet another nod and a bow to his buddy...King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

On August 31, 2010, Obama gave his second address from the Oval Office announcing the end of US combat operations in Iraq. Now let that sink in for a moment...the President of the United States used the sanctity of the Oval Office to tell the enemy when we would be leaving their country, thus handing them a timetable for when they could waltz in and retake all that our troops had freed. And in that split second the lives of all our brave troops lost became to him mere expendable commodities ...and all the American blood that was shed was now shed in vain. And this he proudly announced away from a live audience for he knew they would question this decision and so he chose deflection instead...true narcissist that he is.

Now when most people think of narcissism they also think of arrogance for the two go hand-in- hand. Remember, arrogance is having a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance... basically feeling superiority over others...and that fits Barack Hussein Obama to a tee doesn't it.

The man who says he's "doing what's best for the country" when what he really means is 'it's my way or the highway' speaks volumes of a man totally lacking in humility...a 'community organizer'...who had the arrogance to do away with our free market health care system that encompassed a full 1/6th of our economy...and then replace it with a more expensive system that denies you your doctors... denies you your hospital of choice...denies you the policies you were happy with as his arrogant self wants you to know that he has deemed you 'under-insured'...and soon to deny you your very right to life as those of a certain age will be unable to access life-saving medical treatment just to satisfy this man's arrogant obsession with 'fundamentally changing America' to line up with his ideal of a more 'just and fair society'...a society where 'the haves' are the devil trying to deny the 'have-NOTS' their Obama dictated just due.

Arrogance personified as Obama makes NO excuses for redistribution of your wealth to placate the 'sponges' who want... who demand...what you have but who will be damned if they have to work for it. And dare we forget his famous line that screams of arrogance at its very best...or should I say its very worst...as he declared in NO uncertain terms to Congress and to the American people that, "The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. You can't shut it down."

And let's NEVER forget Obama's arrogance concerning Benghnzi...his arrogance in knowing that his oh so controlled media downplayed this tragedy turning it into a non-issue as far as they were concerned. Only the most arrogant of the arrogant could turn the orchestrated murders of four Americans into a theater of the absurd complete with a laughable video as the supposed cause. And he had the sheeple smiling sweetly thinking all was as it should be for Obama's arrogance does NOTHING but fuel their adoration for the man who thinks himself untouchable.

And so Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the man who rules by Executive Order... combines  together in a perfect meld both narcissism and arrogance and it's 'We the People' who are the unfortunate recipients of the man who would be King.