Bernie Sanders
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I would hope that President Trump and President Xi will talk about the existential threat about what might happen if AI escapes human control and what that will mean.
Is there many scientists who worry about that?
And I think there needs to be a coming together of China and the United States, other countries to prevent that.
Good.
Thanks for asking it.
I got involved in this, Jennifer, not because I am a big tech guy.
I am not.
I can barely turn on the television in my house.
But I'm looking around and I'm reading.
And I'm beginning to sense that we are looking at the most consequential
transformation of society in human history.
And I'm looking at my colleagues here in the Congress and saying, obviously, there's going to be a lot of discussion about what this means, right?
wrong all right so what are the issues that we are concerned about number one as i've just said should we worry very much that a handful of the richest people in the world are pushing uh this transformational technology what are their goals are they really concerned about the betterment of human beings i think not so that's the first uh red light that i think we have got to be aware of number two what does it mean economically well nobody exactly knows to be honest with you
But there are estimates out there that over the next 10 years, you know, tens and tens of millions of jobs will be displaced.
All right.
Just think about it for a moment.
Mr. Bezos, one of the richest guys in the world, right?
He is investing.
He wants to put together a fund of $100 billion to automate factories.
Got it?