“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordApril 27, 2022
That is the Chinese model, and it facilitates full-spectrum surveillance of the entire population.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Warning against adopting surveillance practices similar to those in China.

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