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Dave Turk

Dave Turk

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy (2021–2025), now Senior Advisor at Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy; previously Deputy Executive Director of the IEA.

Sep 25, 2026

56:32
Dave, do you want to jump in here and talk about, from the philanthropic side, why it's important to support something like this? As Adam said, it's a blueprint that other cities can use.
56:43
Yeah, so let me come at it from the philanthropic side, and then maybe I'll sneak in a policymaker side, given some previous roles that I've had on the philanthropic side.
56:51
And it's been around for 60 years, but I'm super proud that it is always looking for the next social entrepreneur, the visionary.
56:59
who's going to use whatever powerful tools we have out there for good.
57:03
And AI is a powerful tool.
57:04
We have to do exactly the kinds of things that Adam was just talking about to make sure it's powered by clean energy, to make sure we've got guardrails more generally on safety.
57:12
We also have to make sure that AI is used for good.
61:35
How do you translate that to policymakers? And maybe Dave, you go first.

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