Gina Raimondo

Because, I know this as a former governor and secretary of commerce,

America's workforce and career transition systems weren't built for this moment.

Some people estimate tens of millions of American workers are in AI-vulnerable jobs, all kinds of jobs, people of every age, geography, income level of education.

We are not prepared for this transition, and Americans know it.

I was at a bar the other night watching NCAA basketball,

Huge University of Michigan fan.

And it's all ... Go blue.

It's all everybody was talking about.

It's all the chatter.

What are you going to do when you lose your job to AI?

I'm so bummed I'm paying all this money for tuition for my kids in college.

Are they going to have a job when they're done?

Americans are anxious for a reason, and we owe them more than empathy.

We owe them a plan.

We owe them action.

And so far, I'm not hearing a lot of good solutions.

There's the slow AI, stop AI, over-regulate AI crowd.

It's a bad idea.

It denies Americans the promise of AI, and China will pull ahead.

And then there's the universal basic income crowd.