In a wide-ranging conversation that moves from humorous to alarming, Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of Alliance for Secure AI, reveals the unsettling truth: even AI developers don’t fully understand how their creations work. From the potential loss of 100 million jobs to China’s plans to weaponize AI against U.S. critical infrastructure, Steinhauser explains why this technology represents both an existential economic threat and a national security crisis. As tech billionaires race toward trillionaire status by building artificial general intelligence thousands of times smarter than humans, an unlikely alliance is forming between populist senators on both sides of the aisle. The discussion covers everything from AI news anchors replacing real journalists to Ohio’s groundbreaking legislation preventing robots from achieving legal personhood—because apparently, that’s where we’re headed.
