Matt Mahan

Leave the original cost basis so that when your heirs sell, they pay capital gains.

That seems only fair.

Yeah, I think it's a very real fear, and I understand it.

And on some level, I share it.

I have little kids.

I don't want them on social media or AI.

I've argued that, and as governor, I would fight for policies that require parental consent for using social media, ban cell phones in public schools.

I've actually got experience with regulating technology because as a mayor, our city is procuring and using technology and constantly thinking about the trade-offs.

New tools can give us new capabilities to improve things.

We've sped up our public buses.

We've improved language translation in our meetings.

We're identifying potholes proactively.

We've done a number of things that are making government more responsive and efficient, which is great.

That's really cool stuff.

On the other hand, people's fears around privacy, manipulation of elections, and just misinformation more broadly, job loss, environmental destruction are all very legitimate.

And that's why we created something called the GovAI Coalition.

San Jose was the founding member

of a platform that helps over 900 public agencies navigate technology adoption.

And it's all about the ethical and responsible use of AI.

So we use license plate readers, but we don't allow facial recognition.