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Greg Casar: “We need a tax on AI to disincentivize the current model…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Published | Video Starts at 12:40

You think it's a tax on AI to, to help retrain workers that could lose their jobs. Is that the rationale? Good morning. It's good to be here. And We need a tax on AI to disincentivize the current model where these AI companies and big corporations essentially get a tax break for automating your job. And second, we should take that tax reven to be able to create millions of new good American jobs. (12:40–12:54)

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Asserts the need for a tax on AI to counteract tax breaks for job automation.

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