SO I DIDN’T JUST THINK THIS WITH MY HEAD, I FEEL IT IN MY HEART.
>> THANK YOU, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.
MR. YANG, I WANT TO BRING YOU
IN.
IN. YOU’VE MADE A UP VIRTUE OF YOUR
OUTSIDER STATUS.
OUTSIDER STATUS. YOU’VE NERVE SERVED IN MILITARY
OR THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT HAS PREPARED YOU TO RESPOND
TO A DISASTER?
>> YOU CAN’T KNOCK SOMEONE FOR
HAVING MONEY AND SPENDING IT IN
THE RIGHT WAY.
MY OPINION.
MY OPINION. >> THANKS, ANDREW.
>> NO PROBLEM.
AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF I THINK WE
NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE REAL
THREATS OF THE 21st CENTURY.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE THREATS?
CLIMATE CHANGE, ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE, LOOSE NUCLEAR
MATERIAL, MATERIAL DRONES AND
NON-STATE ACTORS.
NON-STATE ACTORS. AND IF YOU LOOK UP WE’RE IN THE
PROCESS OF POTENTIALLY LOSING
THE AI ARMS RACE TO CHINA RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE
ACCESS TO MORE DATA THAN WE DO,
AND THEIR GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WORK
SUBDIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI
IN A WAY WE ARE NOT.
WE ARE 24 YEARS BEHIND ON
TECHNOLOGY.
TECHNOLOGY. AND I CAN SAY THAT WITH
AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE GOT RID OF
THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT IN 1995.
THINK ABOUT THAT TIMING.
I GUESS THEY THOUGHT THEY’D
INVENTED EVERYTHING.
INVENTED EVERYTHING. THE NEXT COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAS