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Josh Hawley: “AI will be not a tool of augmentation, but a tool of…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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Senator Josh Hawley at Labor and A.I. Summit

Published | Video Starts at 00:16

You think about the folks who really constitute the fabric of the country, our working men and women families. I think the greatest risk to them is that AI will be not a tool of augmentation, but a tool of replacement [for working people]. That they will lose jobs, they will lose access to productive labor, they will lose access to productive incomes, and in so doing, they'll lose access to a life that is meaningful and also a life that is independent. (00:16–00:23)

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Asserts that AI poses a risk of replacing jobs rather than augmenting them.

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