"I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we're going to have political unrest in this country." Ro Khanna is a Bucks County native who is a U.S. Representative in California’s 17th District. He is also vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Last month he wrote an article in The Nation, “AI for the People”, which laid out his vision “for an AI revolution that works for the many not just the billionaires.” He joins us today to talk about why he is an an AI-democratist, his policy vision for regulating this disruptive technology, and why we cannot allow Big Tech oligarchs to build a society where “AI ‘progress’ is defined by their wealth rather than by our democracy.”

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READ:

• AI for the People, by Congressman Ro Khanna
• “The Nation” Is Siding With Humanity, by Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols
• What We Need to Ask Ourselves About AI, by Senator Bernie Sanders
• As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance, by John Nichols

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