Gina Raimondo on the worst case scenario if ‘we let AI loose’

When it comes to AI's impact on jobs, what do you think the worst case scenario looks like? >> You know, I would say I am I'm an AI optimist and I may I have two kids and I want them to live in an America that has the benefits of AI, you know, better health care, better technology, better data, etc. I think the worst case scenario is that we don't have a plan to make sure that every American can have a good job in the age of AI. And then the result will be the technology will move out fast, tens of millions of Americans will be put out of work or underemployed. And in that instance, listen, I worry deeply. I think you could have a economic recession that is deep and long. I think you could have writing in the streets. I I mean that sincerely. Um I wouldn't have said that 10 years ago, but in the past 10 years economic inequality is through the roof and our democracy is fraying every day. So I think you'll see that. Uh and then I think, which would be quite terrible, you will see regulations in America stopping AI innovation, which would which would be bad, not only because it would deny Americans the technology, but then China and other countries will lead the world. That's what I see as a worst case scenario, which is why I have decided to devote, as you say, this chapter of my career um to doing it. If we just if we just let AI loose and wake up in I don't know, three or four years with a 10 11% unemployment rate, 20% unemployment rate among young people, people in their 20s, I think we're screwed. It non-technical term, I think you'll have all those three things I said. So, let's get ahead of it.