The young candidates shaking up the Dem Party
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Why are the New York congressional primaries considered crucial?
You can argue that the New York congressional primaries are the most important primaries in all of the country. And that's not just because us New Yorkers think we're the center of the universe. The races that are happening here are highlighting issues that are sure to come up in next year's presidential primary on tech, on immigration, on policing. So today, let's talk to two candidates who races are sure to have national implications. One is about AI and how and if we should regulate this new technology.
I think there's a lot of fear among elected officials that if they try to regulate this technology, it will be the end of their political career.
The other is about generational change, representation, and just how far left is too far left.
There was a lot of pressure to be wooker than thou, right? And that has gotten us to a point where a lot of people groan or roll their eyes.
Alex Boris of New York 12, and Daria Liza Avila Chevalier of New York 13. That's this week on America Actually. Let's dig in.
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How is AI influencing political campaigns and regulations?
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What does generational change mean for the Democratic Party?
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Assemblyman Boris, thank you for joining us. We appreciate your time. Thanks for having me. Why do you think this race has national relevance or has relevance to anyone who doesn't live in New York 12th?
When I launched, I thought it would just be a race about New York 12, about the issues that were here. And three weeks later, on my wedding anniversary, so I remember the specific day, Leading the Future, a super PAC of Trump mega donors, announced that they were going to make me their number one enemy and spend whatever it took to beat me. They wanted to make an example out of me. They chose to try to send a message to every member of Congress that the cost of having a say in how AI affects our kids' brains or our jobs or the environment, that cost has to be political destruction. And so this race has now become a test of that thesis as to whether we can stand up to this force.
Yeah, I mean, and I wanted to ask why we think they decided to target you. Eight years ago, you were at Palantir Technologies, and now the AI industries, to your point, has kind of named you as a leading boogeyman in their races. How did we get from there to here?
You passed the strongest AI safety law in the country. So I was elected in 2022 to the State Assembly. I became the first Democrat elected in New York State at any level with a degree in computer science. A fact that I find 10% cool and 90% horrifying? Yeah.
I'm like thinking about it in my head. I said, oh, I would say that if I were you, but as like a voter, I'm like, oh, that's probably not great.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. But I use that background, that knowledge to pass laws that actually protect people, right? And it's not about being pro-innovation or anti-innovation. It's about shaping the technology so that it actually works for the vast majority of Americans. And one of the bills in particular that I passed was called the RAISE Act.
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