Bernie Sanders Warns How AI Could Upend America as We Know It
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Let's welcome Senator Bernie Sanders. Senator, you've been traveling the country. You've been speaking in red states and in purple states and across political divides. You've just been speaking to people. What we're seeing right now, though, it seems that people are just pissed off at the direction of this company. This country, which is being run like an oligarchical company. And we're seeing people leaving MAGA right now in a rupture in the base. What do you make of what's taking place right now?
Look, we are living in an unprecedented moment in American history, maybe going back to the 1860s and the Civil War. And what you're seeing is an economy in which the people on top have never, ever had it so good. The musks of the world making money hand over fist. Meanwhile, 60% of our people live in paycheck to paycheck. They can't afford health care. They can't afford child care. They can't afford housing. Major housing crisis. The political system is broken. It's corrupt. Everybody knows that. that big money billionaires have enormous influence in the Republican Party and in the Democratic Party as well. So people are kind of at their wit's end right now in terms of where we are nationally.
You've told me before that, you said, Ben, sometimes the most important issues to people are the issues that are being discussed least in the media.
Thank you for remembering that.
That is exactly what I believe. It stuck with me and I use it in all of my podcasts and all of my whenever I'm out there speaking. And I think one of the issues that people are focused on out there, and I see it in your town halls, is AI. You just put out a sweeping report how AI and automation could destroy nearly 1%. One hundred million U.S. jobs in a decade. I mean, we're seeing it right now, even in the jobs reports that it's being used both actually and as a pretext by corporations to fire people and get rid of people. So talk to us about this report. And again, I think this is the issue that we see animating city councils. And, you know, we see people out there all the time, but it's not getting any attention on the news.
Got it. And it's a huge event. This is a huge, huge issue. You know, I don't know if you saw the movie, Don't Look Up. Did you see that movie?
I saw that movie.
Yeah, and it's about a meteor coming down to Earth. It's going to destroy Earth, but nobody, politicians, nobody wants to talk about it. Well, I don't think AIs and robotics are going to destroy Earth, but it is going to have a profound, profound impact on every aspect of our lives. One of the things the report pointed out, and it's not just me, The report pointed out that AI and robotics will have a huge impact in elimination of millions and millions of jobs. And that's not Bernie Sanders talking. Elon Musk just said recently, and I quote, "...AI and robots will replace all jobs." working will be optional and quote dario amodai the ceo of anthropic big ai company warned that ai could lead to the loss of half of all entry-level white-collar jobs bill gates talked about massive job dislocation so the people who know the most about it are already telling us
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:18
2
What is Bernie Sanders' overall warning about AI's impact on America?
6:18–15:10
3
How many U.S. jobs does Sanders' report say AI and automation could eliminate?
15:10–16:08
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What examples does Sanders give of AI already displacing workers and being used as a pretext for layoffs?
16:08–24:11