James Talarico
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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.
And so I want to lead on this issue as a U.S.
senator.
I don't want our country to stick its head in the sand.
I want us to be forward-looking.
I want us to be ambitious.
And I want us to figure out how we make these technologies work for us instead of against us.
Yeah.
I mean, I think we have to have a
We've seen how corruption can infect the judicial branch just as easily as the executive and legislative branches.
And so I'm very open to a conversation about reforms needed for the Supreme Court.
I think passing term limits could provide more balance on the court, could help lower the temperature every time there's a vacancy.