Psaki: Trump does not sound like he knows what A.I. is
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What are the recent AI safety warnings from industry leaders?
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In my time, I have seen plenty of strange bedfellows in Washington. But what we saw today really was something else. Because today, Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders and far-right firebrands Dave Bannon, yes, that guy, headlined an event together in DC, calling for more regulation on artificial intelligence. And while the threats of AI have been around for some time, of course, this all burst. Back into policy conversations and political debates last week. When of course a researcher at one of the top AI companies quit dramatically, posting on social media that he was worried that technology they were creating could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. After that, a top scientist from that same company came out publicly in agreement saying, quote, We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans.
And that he personally believed that there was more than a ten percent chance of that kill all humans scenario in the next decade. That's a lot to digest. Now, since then We've seen top leaders from across the AI industry come out to publicly say their industry needs to slow down and be more careful, including an open letter this weekend from the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Dario Modi, calling for increased oversight of the industry. Whether or not what they're calling for is satisfactory or enough is a really important part of the discussion. But right now, Congress is back in session for a very short period of time, and this the final scheduled week for the House before the midterms. So if Congress wanted to take even an itty bitty tiny step toward regulating AI anytime soon, the time would be now.
But with Republicans in charge of the House, the Senate, the White House, basically everything, I wouldn't really hold your breath. Because yesterday, Trump called the concerns about AI a hoax and said that the only guardrails that AI needs are a strong and smart high IQ president. Anyone know where one of those is, by the way? And surprise, surprise, his party is following his lead on his messaging. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that when it comes to regulating AI companies, Congress needs to have a quote, light touch. What a takeaway, isn't it? And when Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was asked about regulating AI companies, he said they should just police themselves.
They can self police, they can self regulate. They don't need the government to tell them to slow it down. If they want to slow it down, they should.
Sounds very similar to the lead-up to the financial crisis, just gonna say it. Now, whether or not the doomsday predictions leaders in the AI space that I started the show talking about, that you're probably very familiar with, are spot on or not, this is clearly an industry with a growing amount of unwieldy, unchecked power. And what does scare me about this moment is that the person at the wheel right now is Donald Trump. And frankly, it is deeply unclear, just to begin with, that he even really knows what AI is.
Have
you
ever used it yourself or have you been use AI, yeah, I
do. How do you
use AI?
But uh I would say You know, for the most part you can use AI for a lot of things. Well I don't want to tell you that.
When it comes to AI, it's unclear if Trump knows much about it beyond the fact that he really likes posting content that is more likely than not AI generated, very clearly AI generated. Like this one. Remember this one? Portraying himself as Jesus Christ? That really went off well. And this image of him as the Pope. And this video of him as an army of ducks with guns, with an army of ducks with guns, I don't even know.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the recent AI safety warnings from industry leaders?
0:00–6:02
2
How does President Trump describe AI and why does it raise concerns?
6:02–12:57
3
What conflicts of interest exist between the Trump family and AI companies?
12:57–19:33
4
Why are lawmakers pushing for AI regulation now?
19:33–24:37
5
What did FBI Director Kash Patel say about agency investigations into Trump?
24:37–29:56
6
How does Senator Adam Schiff plan to hold the FBI and DOJ accountable?
29:56–36:26
7
What actions can listeners take to influence the upcoming midterm elections?
36:26–41:47
8
How will the outcome of the Georgia Senate race affect AI policy oversight?
41:47–43:47
Speakers
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