Jun 30, 2026 · 35 min · 14 segments
While many politicians are still getting their bearings around AI, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has taken a leading stance. He’s proposed a sovereign wealth fund, to allow Americans to share in half…
Bernie SandersGuest
Katie DrummondHost
I wanna start by talking about the sovereign wealth fund that you have proposed in the context of AI.
... to push for a moratorium on data centers and the sovereign wealth fund is the fact that, as I think most people know, AI is being pushed by the wealthiest people in the world, and people like Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg and those type of guys, and they could care less about the needs of ordinary people.
So AI is the most consequential transformational technology in the history of humanity, and it's being pushed by guys who could care less, just wanna get richer and more powerful.
And what has distressed me very much, and why I got involved in this issue, is I looked all around me in Congress.
You would think that with such a transformational technology gonna impact every aspect of our life, there'd be massive debates, right?
As of this date, as of today, there's not been one significant piece of legislation dealing with AI.
You're building these data centers all over the country, and in fact, all over the world.
I wanna start by talking about the sovereign wealth fund that you have proposed in the context of AI.
... to push for a moratorium on data centers and the sovereign wealth fund is the fact that, as I think most people know, AI is being pushed by the wealthiest people in the world, and people like Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg and those type of guys, and they could care less about the needs of ordinary people.
So AI is the most consequential transformational technology in the history of humanity, and it's being pushed by guys who could care less, just wanna get richer and more powerful.
And what has distressed me very much, and why I got involved in this issue, is I looked all around me in Congress.
You would think that with such a transformational technology gonna impact every aspect of our life, there'd be massive debates, right?
As of this date, as of today, there's not been one significant piece of legislation dealing with AI.
You're building these data centers all over the country, and in fact, all over the world.
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Calling Musk a Liar
Bernie lets loose on tech billionaire credibility
No AI Legislation Yet
He warns billionaires are defining AI's future
Refusing To Give Up
Asked for hope, he turns to history
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