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Zohran Mamdani: “Understanding artificial intelligence as one of the most consequential technological shifts in the last few…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Asked: 'Do You Use AI In Your Regular Life?'

Published October 5, 2026

… faced something similar to the hugging face incident, it does demand a level of response that goes beyond just the political topic of the day. It does raise itself to Understanding artificial intelligence as one of the most consequential technological shifts in the last few generations of the world. (02:11–02:21)

STATEMENT

Asserts that AI is one of the most significant technological shifts in recent generations.

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“You have some of the leaders of the creation of this technology saying that there's a 10% chance that humanity could come to an end as a result of this.”
Asserts that some AI technology leaders claim a 10% chance of AI leading to humanity's end.01:40-01:53
“We want to make it as easy as possible for New Yorkers to both understand what civil service jobs are available and how they can apply for them.”
Asserts efforts to simplify access to civil service job information and application processes in New York City.00:37-00:50
“We did [work] with opening up to Lafayette as a walk-in center for anyone who's interested in applying to a public sector job.”
Asserts the establishment of a walk-in center at Lafayette for public sector job applications.00:50-00:58
“Whenever I use any kind of a popular search engine, AI has now become imbued in part of the results that are being generated.”
Asserts that AI is integrated into the results of popular search engines.01:19-01:31