00:00Good morning everybody. So we're excited to do a Fraud Task Force event in the Kansas City area
00:05and then a campaign with my very dear friend Doc Marshall, who's one of the very best United States
00:09senators and very important that we get him re-elected. So we're looking forward to a good
00:13day. What's going on? Are you concerned at all about the developments with AI and the calls over
00:17the weekend by Sam Altman, Dario Made to cause the development of artificial intelligence?
00:23You know, it's something that we're concerned by, but we want to make sure that we actually
00:26regulate smartly and we're thoughtful about the risk here. So there are obviously risks to AI.
00:33There are some benefits to AI. I have to say just personally, I feel a little bit weird about the
00:40fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and
00:45begging the government to regulate them. It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trojan horse.
00:50So I think we just have to be careful about this. The other thing the president said pretty
00:54consistently is we know that the Chinese are engaged in this long-term AI race against the
00:59United States. We want to make sure the United States, we do things smartly, but we stay ahead
01:03of the curve. So you don't think Americans should be scared about the way AI is trending right now?
01:08Well, look, any technology has risks. Any new technology is going to bring both risks and benefits.
01:14I think what the president has said is we want to be smart about making sure we stay on top
01:18of the
01:18risks. I don't think Americans should be scared of anything. I think that we have to be mindful,
01:24that there are risks, there are downsides to anything, and that's certainly true of AI.
01:28On AI regulation, do you think Congress should take the lead or do you want to see administrative
01:33executive authority work? Well, obviously the best way to do it would be consensus between both
01:38Congress and the administration. We obviously have a lot of folks on both sides of the aisle with a
01:42strong opinion, but any regulatory regime you'd like ideally Congress and the White House to agree
01:47on it so that we actually are able to make it stick and so that we actually get some real
01:52consensus
01:52behind it. In the Middle East, are you concerned at all about the Houthi seizure of Parham Island
01:58in the Red Sea and what is the U.S. going to respond to that? You know, like concern certainly,
02:04it's something that we're keeping pretty close tabs on. We've been in constant contact with the
02:09Emiratis, the Saudis and others who are affected in the region. So it's something the United States
02:13administration is very much on top of. We've also been engaged in direct conversations with the Houthis
02:20themselves. So we actually feel like we are on top of the situation. It's a very fluid and dynamic
02:26thing, but we're going to keep on monitoring it, making sure that Americans' best interests are
02:30represented. There are some reports that you were looking for unvarnished troops from military leaders
02:36in the Middle East, calling them directly to ask their opinion of what's going on in the ground. Do you
02:41trust what you're getting from the Pentagon? I mean, I trust Pete and I trust Dan Cain, but I found
02:47that
02:47story very weird. It's like the vice president calls around to admirals and generals to try to
02:51understand America's foreign policy. Of course I do. We'll talk more. See you guys later.
03:17Bye.
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