President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

The Pentagon says the Dell contract went through a competitive process and will actually save the taxpayer around four hundred and twenty-two million dollars a year.

Michael Dell sits on Trump's own Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which is a disclosed relationship, not a secret one.

All of that may be perfectly true.

All of it may be perfectly legal.

In 2016, another government report had rocked the world of forensics.

Issued by President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, an organization known as PCAST, it echoed the 2009 report.

And its findings are equally striking.

It says, no, we actually, many of the things that we're using in court today continue to not have been validated.

But law enforcement at the highest levels objected.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch rejected the report on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice.

And the FBI issued a statement opposing many of PCAST's conclusions.

They were worried that what it would mean for these closed cases.

Question, did that degradation affect your ability to reach a conclusion here? Answer, no, it did not.

Question, so you were asked about PCAST report.

You testified that that gave you guidance on different areas of forensic science.

Do you know what year that report was published? Answer, I don't recall the year.

They had a four-month limit for him to work as cryptocurrencies are.

But then again, he's still kind of around the president because he's on the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

But there...

He might have to compete for influence, but it's not entirely sure with Michael Krastios.

You may remember that Dario Amode in his public essay specifically said that some of the stuff that he was proposing might need an exemption to antitrust law.

You also had Susie Wiles, the White House Chief of Staff, Michael Kratzios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and David Sachs, who is formerly the AI czar, but now is the co-chair of PCAST, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

There's other folks that I'm just skipping over for right now, but gives you a bit of a who's who in AI policy in the United States.

Notably, Pete Hegseth of the Department of War was not in attendance, even though the Department of War actually does have a lot of equities in the AI safety and security debate.

We had a busy week last week.

We had two P and a bod PCAST, one on how many servings of whole grains per day are optimal and a special bonus on exploring inhaled molecular hydrogen.

Boy, I got a lot of great feedback.

People were so interested in that topic.

Question, on that topic, I mentioned studies before.

One of the studies that you're familiar with is called the PCAST report.

Are you familiar with that report? Answer, yes I am.

Alright folks, we're going to wrap up right here.

In this episode, we're going to pick up where we left off with the Tyler Robinson Day 2 transcript.

Question, on another topic I mentioned studies before, one of the studies that you're familiar with is called the PCAST report.

Are you familiar with that report? Answer, yes, I am.

Question, tell the court what it is.

Answer, PCAST stands for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

And this was a committee that was found, I believe, under the Obama administration that gave guidance on different areas of forensics.

Question, including how to deal with mixed samples and how to deal with samples that have low quality DNA.

Question, and they also did a follow-up report to assess whether using that kind of software that you used in this case had been established as reliable, correct? Answer, that is correct.