Blake Moore: “I was struck by a recent interview that former Senator Ben Sasse gave with Ross Douthat of The New York Times in which…”

“I was struck by a recent interview that former Senator Ben Sasse gave with Ross Douthat of The New York Times in which he argued that the future grand divide in human society will not be over income, class, or gender, but about how we incorporate technology into our lives. If artificial intelligence, as many predict, is going to reduce economic scarcity in the long run, Senator Sasse argued that humanity will be left with an abundance of AI-powered services and task masters. Some will choose to lean into this abundance. While it might result in greater efficiencies for some, it will also turbocharge the worst parts of how we use technology. Deep fakes, pornography, identity theft, placelessness, and social isolation are already rampant in our society and will only skyrocket in a world of mass-adopted generative AI. Others will keep their eyes wide open and adopt technology more carefully, particularly when it comes to their children. I recently introduced the AI Children's Toy Safety Act, which draws upon industry-led research about the dangers of incorporating AI chatbots in children's toys and mandates an immediate ban on the manufacturing, sale, importation, or distribution of any toy product in the United States made with an AI chatbot.”