Jessica Tarlov

But 47 states alone, all the states, have introduced AI-related legislation in just 2025.

I mean, they're focused on, you know, broad range of issues, revenge porn elections, AI transparency, employment, health issues.

So Republicans, Democrats, all of them on the state level are really concerned about this and making sure that they are embracing innovation but protecting their constituents.

And the fact that Donald Trump is racking up the donations from all the owners of these big AI companies is—

And then coming out and saying, no, no, we just need a federal standard.

Well, we know that his federal standard would be let them do whatever they want.

I mean, letting NVIDIA sell to China national security risk.

I mean, they blasted that into our heads for age.

It's national security problem, national security problem.

Now, apparently, it doesn't matter at all.

And they're going to get a kickback from it, which is how you end up doing business with the Trump administration.

I'm really scared of what AI policy looks like if it's left just to the Republicans.

You know, there's the New Democrats, which is kind of like a more moderate group of Dems, has this innovation agenda.

I was looking through it.

There's a lot on, you know, investing in apprenticeships, on-the-job training, labor market data modernization.

Right.

But it all still at this point feels like a lot of words to me.

And I really want to hear what you have to say in terms of what would be smart AI policy at this point, because it feels like kind of standard politician talk.

Like we need to make sure that people have good paying jobs and that they're not cut out of the marketplace.

But we also need to be innovative.