Kevin O'Leary

What do you think it is?

I don't know if it works.

I think you're raising a great point.

It's a wonderful debate and it's certainly going on, but it's analogous to the narrative that must have been happening back when the Model T Ford rolled off the assembly line and everybody that had a buggy looked at it and said, oh no.

this is going to wipe me out and there'll be no work for me.

The American economy is very resilient as it develops new sectors.

Unfortunately, capitalism and the freedom it provides is volatile.

And it has lots of periods, including the Great Depression, where it taxes the people that support it.

but it's still better than the alternative anywhere on earth, it seems, 200 years later.

And so, you know, when you start looking at the American economy and the vol it's had, it's been unbelievable.

But the system, with all its faults, and you're raising some good points, I agree with you, I'm just trying to think what's the alternative.

And regarding AI and the ultimate issue around your job issue, and I think it's fair, I'm looking at it differently.

I'm looking at it

as insurance.

I would prefer, even though the future's uncertain and the outcome, you know, and the end is always near, to quote Jim Morrison, I love that line in his song.

Yeah, the future's uncertain and the end is always near.

you know, words I live by, but it's sort of, if you had to give me the two alternatives, let China do this first or us, I'll take us.

And I'm part of that now.

And in the controversy of it, we started our conversation.

I've never seen a controversy like this.