James Talarico

My greatest concern about AI is that we're not making these decisions together.

If you think about the great innovations of the 20th century, the Manhattan Project and the Space Race, those were done by the public sector in partnership with the private sector.

That's not the case here with this innovation, which arguably is

is more consequential than the previous two that I mentioned.

And this is being done by a handful of billionaires for their own profit.

And that should scare all of us.

The fact that there is no regulatory framework from our elected leaders on how to ensure that AI is not replacing our jobs, is not harming our children, is not subverting our democracy, should be deeply concerning to all of us.

Whether you're excited about AI or you're really concerned about it, all of us should be in agreement that we need some basic rules of the road.

And I would prioritize those three things, protecting our jobs and the economy, protecting our children, and protecting our democracy.

And I think we need some common sense regulations to do those things while not inhibiting useful innovation.

Absolutely, it's possible.

All it requires is the political will.

And I think that's what we're building in Texas and across the country, not just with our campaign, but with grassroots movements that are popping up everywhere, pushing back against unregulated AI.

Because again, I think these technologies have a lot of promise.

if they are developed in the right way with the right guardrails.

And that should be an international endeavor and could be a...

a really crucial opportunity to have some of these conversations with our allies and with our adversaries about how to ensure that we're all protected from the worst effects of this technology.

I think the concern right now is that our leaders aren't starting any of those conversations.

Right now, what we're seeing is a head in the sand strategy from our nation's leaders in both parties, and that's terrifying for people.

Because no matter where AI goes, we need to be having this conversation out in public, in the open, with our elected officials who are charged with the sacred duty to make these kinds of decisions.