Cenk Uygur
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None.
When we hit the iceberg, we're not going to be ready, and it is going to be an epic disaster.
There isn't going to be anyone to buy your goods because the employees are also customers, and you're going to lose a massive amount of customers, and it is going to absolutely torpedo our economy.
I can't believe how short-sighted Wall Street is.
Does that mean we stop AI in its tracks and we stop change?
No, we can't stop because it's true that China is also going, Russia is, North Korea is, Israel is.
Now, the problem is if we get it first, then very, very likely the Israelis will also have it.
And God help the world if that's true.
They have not been restrained in how they use their power, and I wouldn't want them anywhere near that kind of power.
But nevertheless, there is a race.
So...
We can't just stop.
So can we do the race in a way that is responsible and actually serves the American voters and citizens instead of just serving the executives of the AI companies and the shareholders of the AI companies?
I hope we can, but we've taken absolutely zero steps in that direction.
Yeah.
So, look, it's a tough industry to regulate.
I get it.
You have to move fast.
And regulation usually involves some degree of bureaucracy.
But if you have no regulation at all, you will have it run amok.