JD Vance

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.

And if they're not dating, they're not getting married, they're not starting families. There's a level of isolation, I think mediated through technology, that technology can kind of be a bit of a salve. It can be a bit of a bandaid, maybe make you feel less lonely, even when you are lonely. But this is where I think AI could be profoundly dark and negative.

And if they're not dating, they're not getting married, they're not starting families. There's a level of isolation, I think mediated through technology, that technology can kind of be a bit of a salve. It can be a bit of a bandaid, maybe make you feel less lonely, even when you are lonely. But this is where I think AI could be profoundly dark and negative.

I don't think it'll mean 3 million truck drivers are out of a job. I certainly hope it doesn't mean that. But what I do really worry is, does it mean that there are millions of American teenagers who are talking to chatbots who don't have their best interests at heart? Or even if they do have their best interests at heart, they'd start to develop a relationship.

I don't think it'll mean 3 million truck drivers are out of a job. I certainly hope it doesn't mean that. But what I do really worry is, does it mean that there are millions of American teenagers who are talking to chatbots who don't have their best interests at heart? Or even if they do have their best interests at heart, they'd start to develop a relationship.

They start to expect that a chatbot that's trying to give you a dopamine rush that compared to a chatbot, a normal human interaction is not going to be as satisfying because human beings have wants and needs. I think that's one of the great things about marriage in particular is you have this other person and you just have to figure it out together.

They start to expect that a chatbot that's trying to give you a dopamine rush that compared to a chatbot, a normal human interaction is not going to be as satisfying because human beings have wants and needs. I think that's one of the great things about marriage in particular is you have this other person and you just have to figure it out together.

But if the other person is a chatbot who's just trying to hook you to spend as much time on it, So that's the sort of stuff that I really worry about with AI. And then there's also a whole host of defense and technology applications.

But if the other person is a chatbot who's just trying to hook you to spend as much time on it, So that's the sort of stuff that I really worry about with AI. And then there's also a whole host of defense and technology applications.

I mean, we could wake up very soon in a world where there is no cybersecurity, where the idea of your bank account being safe and secure is just a relic of the past where, you know, there's weird shit happening in space mediated through AI that makes our communications infrastructure either actively hostile or at least largely inept and inert. So, yeah, I'm worried about this stuff.

I mean, we could wake up very soon in a world where there is no cybersecurity, where the idea of your bank account being safe and secure is just a relic of the past where, you know, there's weird shit happening in space mediated through AI that makes our communications infrastructure either actively hostile or at least largely inept and inert. So, yeah, I'm worried about this stuff.

I actually read the paper of the guy that you had on. I didn't listen to that podcast.

I actually read the paper of the guy that you had on. I didn't listen to that podcast.

Because for the reasons you've described, the arms race component, that's... Yeah, the honest question to that is I don't know because part of this arms race component is if we take a pause, does the PRC not take a pause? And then we find ourselves, you know, we're all sort of enslaved to PRC-mediated AI.

Because for the reasons you've described, the arms race component, that's... Yeah, the honest question to that is I don't know because part of this arms race component is if we take a pause, does the PRC not take a pause? And then we find ourselves, you know, we're all sort of enslaved to PRC-mediated AI.

You know, one thing I'll say just, I know we're here at the embassy in Rome, is, you know, I think that this is...

You know, one thing I'll say just, I know we're here at the embassy in Rome, is, you know, I think that this is...

One of the most profound and positive things that Pope Leo could do, not just for the church but for the world, is the American government is not equipped to provide moral leadership, at least full-scale moral leadership, in the wake of all the changes that are going to come along with AI. I think the church is. This is the sort of thing the church is very good at.

One of the most profound and positive things that Pope Leo could do, not just for the church but for the world, is the American government is not equipped to provide moral leadership, at least full-scale moral leadership, in the wake of all the changes that are going to come along with AI. I think the church is. This is the sort of thing the church is very good at.

This is what the institution was built for in many ways. And I hope that they really do play a very positive role. I suspect that they will. But it's one of my prayers for his papacy is that he recognizes there is such great challenge in the world, but I think such great opportunity for him and for the institution he leads.