Manoush Zomorodi

They have oversized benefits.

And when we say AI, that doesn't mean everything.

Right.

So that's where I feel like we need to be more specific.

Mine is a little bit of a follow-up on that.

So we just did an episode about this idea of restoring trust in government by being really boring and making things just work, like being able to renew your driver's license or –

It's dreamy.

It's the weirdest thing.

Yes.

So this can happen.

So I just had a great conversation with Jen Palka.

She was the founder of Code for America.

And her whole thing is, you know, yes, there's government dysfunction and shutdowns are in the news and layoffs, federal layoffs.

But in the United States, there's a movement back to the states where AI actually exists.

This is the best use case example possible.

The boring grunt work that we don't have enough people to do, that nobody wants to do, is like filling out forms.

Let's actually get people their benefits instead of making them fill out 10 different, 20 different forms.

So my hope, I'm staying optimistic on this one, is that AI gets applied efficiently and cuts down on red tape and that the states take back some of the power of just making our lives run more smoothly.

You're here to that.

Are you talking to people and like CEOs and telling them like, come on, get it together?