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Josh Hawley: “There's a real danger that those who are in control of the…”

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 13:07

To suggest that if we could somehow apply this technology or any other to no longer have these frailties and thus no longer have this need, I think we'd lose something very, very fundamental to what makes us human. And to your point, There's a real danger that those who are in control of the technology will be able to leverage it to their benefit and come to look down upon, or even in some cases, overlook or prey upon those who are weaker and don't have access to it. Again, the poor, the marginalized. You know, the working guy who's out there, blue collar worker, working a job. I mean, does he have lobbyists in dc? (13:07–13:20)

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Asserts that technology controllers may exploit those without access to technology.

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