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Jim Pethokoukis

Jim Pethokoukis

Senior fellow and DeWitt Wallace Chair at the American Enterprise Institute, CNBC economic policy analyst, and author of "The Conservative Futurist."

Jun 23, 2026

1:20
Jim, you're up.
1:22
You know, in the, uh, in the weeks back at the end of 2022 and early 2023, um, there was an immediate sort of rush to do something about AI.
1:33
What that was, not entirely clear.
1:36
Uh, there was, you know, talk of a pause.
1:40
Uh, that initial burst of sort of regulatory f- fever sort of subsided.
1:47
Uh, and I, I, and I, and I'm happy to s- I, I was happy to see that 'cause my concern has been that because of, I don't know, a half century of, uh, of our society marinating in sort of, you know, fear of, uh, it, it was nuclear power, then it was, you know, plenty of films about artificial intelligence and the Terminator, that our, that our instinct would be we need to regulate this.
2:12
We're very concerned about taking jobs.

11 MINS LATER

13:33
Mm-hmm.
1:20
Jim, you're up.
1:22
You know, in the, uh, in the weeks back at the end of 2022 and early 2023, um, there was an immediate sort of rush to do something about AI.
1:33
What that was, not entirely clear.
1:36
Uh, there was, you know, talk of a pause.
1:40
Uh, that initial burst of sort of regulatory fever sort of subsided.
1:47
Uh, and I, I, and I, and I'm happy to s- I, I was happy to see that, 'cause my concern has been that because of, I don't know, a half century of, uh, of our society marinating in sort of, you know, fear of, uh ...
2:02
It was nuclear power, then it was, you know, plenty of films about artificial intelligence and the Terminator, that our, uh, that our instinct would be, "We need to regulate this.

11 MINS LATER

13:33
Mm-hmm.

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