JD Vance

rejiggering the Army's procurement process because we see industrial policy. We have a trillion dollar industrial policy at the Department of Defense that's rewarded slow incumbents instead of innovation and technology.

And so we've empowered our service leads in a way that no administration has in a generation to actually spend that money on tech and innovation and developing the next generation of tools. think that's what we're doing.

And so we've empowered our service leads in a way that no administration has in a generation to actually spend that money on tech and innovation and developing the next generation of tools. think that's what we're doing.

You have to bite off so much at a time, Ross. And I think that it's not just a tax bill, of course, it's an immigration bill. There are a lot of other parts of the policy agenda that matter. There's a lot of regulatory relief in this bill. This bill is what we're focused on. Once we get this bill passed, we're going to think about other legislative priorities. But

You have to bite off so much at a time, Ross. And I think that it's not just a tax bill, of course, it's an immigration bill. There are a lot of other parts of the policy agenda that matter. There's a lot of regulatory relief in this bill. This bill is what we're focused on. Once we get this bill passed, we're going to think about other legislative priorities. But

I would be lying to you if I told you I had some detailed legislation idea for what comes next. The president probably does, but we're focused on, you know, we have to take one step at a time.

I would be lying to you if I told you I had some detailed legislation idea for what comes next. The president probably does, but we're focused on, you know, we have to take one step at a time.

So, one, on the obsolescence point, I think the history of tech and innovation is that while it does cause job disruptions, it more often facilitates human productivity as opposed to replacing human workers. And the example I always give is that the bank teller

So, one, on the obsolescence point, I think the history of tech and innovation is that while it does cause job disruptions, it more often facilitates human productivity as opposed to replacing human workers. And the example I always give is that the bank teller

In the 1970s, there were very stark predictions of thousands, hundreds of thousands of bank tellers going out of a job, poverty and immiseration. What actually happened is we have more bank tellers today than we did when the ATM was created, but they're doing slightly different work, more productive. They have pretty good wages relative to other folks in the economy.

In the 1970s, there were very stark predictions of thousands, hundreds of thousands of bank tellers going out of a job, poverty and immiseration. What actually happened is we have more bank tellers today than we did when the ATM was created, but they're doing slightly different work, more productive. They have pretty good wages relative to other folks in the economy.

I tend to think that is how this innovation happens.

I tend to think that is how this innovation happens.

Well, I think it's a relatively slow pace of change, but I think on the economic side, the main concern that I have with AI, it's not sort of the obsolescence. It's not people losing jobs in mass. You hear about truck drivers, for example. I think what might actually happen is that truck drivers are able to work more efficient hours.

Well, I think it's a relatively slow pace of change, but I think on the economic side, the main concern that I have with AI, it's not sort of the obsolescence. It's not people losing jobs in mass. You hear about truck drivers, for example. I think what might actually happen is that truck drivers are able to work more efficient hours.

They're able to get a little bit more sleep, but they're doing much more on the last mile of delivery than staring at a highway for 13 hours a day. So they're both safer. They're able to get higher wages. So anyway, I'm more optimistic, I should say, about the economic side of this, recognizing that, yes, there are concerns. I don't mean to understate them.

They're able to get a little bit more sleep, but they're doing much more on the last mile of delivery than staring at a highway for 13 hours a day. So they're both safer. They're able to get higher wages. So anyway, I'm more optimistic, I should say, about the economic side of this, recognizing that, yes, there are concerns. I don't mean to understate them.

Where I really worry about this is in pretty much everything non-economic. I think the way that people engage with one another, I mean, the trend that I am most worried about, there are a lot of them, and I actually, well, I don't want to give too many details, but I talked to the Holy Father about this today,

Where I really worry about this is in pretty much everything non-economic. I think the way that people engage with one another, I mean, the trend that I am most worried about, there are a lot of them, and I actually, well, I don't want to give too many details, but I talked to the Holy Father about this today,

You know, if you look at basic dating behavior among young people, and I think a lot of this is the dating apps are probably more destructive than we fully appreciate. I think part of it is technology is just for some reason made it harder for young men and young women to sort of communicate with each other in the same way. Our young men and women just aren't dating.