James Talarico

There's a lot of

understandably, a lot of anxiety and fear around these technologies.

At the same time, I think a lot of people are seeing benefits in their lives, in their jobs, to some of these new technologies.

And so we're gonna have to hold both of these things together at the same time.

I talked earlier about false choices in our politics and in our policymaking.

A lot of people wanna know, do you think AI is gonna be utopia or dystopia?

The answer is probably something in between.

It's probably a mix of both of those things.

And it's going to depend on the decisions that we make together.

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.