Mark Halperin

If government is not going to deal with that in a decisive way, and it's going to be a challenge to do, we can't expect the private sector to do it.

So are we all just sitting around, I don't want to say powerless, but passively not meeting the moment to explain this to people and to make sure that this channel is in a positive direction?

Hi, Emma.

Beverly, is there anybody in public life you hear talking about this that gives you comfort that they've sort of got to handle on how to deal with it?

Right.

Okay.

Again, you both are framing it so well and so thoughtfully.

Here's another concern I have.

I'm not against money in politics.

I'm a big First Amendment person.

And I think if you try to outlaw money in politics, the money just finds some other way in.

That's just my general view.

I don't think that point of view favors one party over the other.

But in this case...

You've got the AI community, corporate world, giving a lot of money in this campaign cycle.

And I don't know what it's going to top out at, but they're going to give tens of millions.

And unlike labor unions giving money and businesses giving money or people who want more access to guns and people want less access to guns, there's no one going to spend money on the other side.

There's no tens of millions of dollars to candidates who want regulation of AI.

The Biden administration was on track to over-regulate AI and put America at a disadvantage.

This administration is extremely laissez-faire.