YouCongress Polls

We want to make sure that our most critical sensitive data is stored in Europe. [...] We want to be sure nobody has a kill switch. AI Verified source (2026)

Our concern is that CADA [the EU Cloud and AI Development Act] addresses those risks with instruments that go considerably further than security policy and will not deliver better security or resilience. Unverified source (2026)

It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. [...] The decision to use lethal force cannot be delegated to opaque or automated processes, but must remain under effective, self-aware and responsibl... more Unverified source (2026)

At first, lethal autonomous weapons systems that cannot guarantee use in conformity with international humanitarian law — that is, systems that are intrinsically indiscriminate; systems whose effects cannot be limited, anticipated and controlled; sys... more AI Verified source (2025)

Personal view: I admire @AnthropicAI sticking by their principles but disagree with the principle itself. Putin won't fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure. Unverified source (2026)

Small businesses are the foundation of our economy and AI has the potential to help them maximize opportunities. As AI tools become more accessible and more powerful, we need to make sure entrepreneurs in Washington state and across the country have ... more AI Verified source (2026)

There are good reasons to use AI technology to advance our national security, however — just as with any tool, we cannot depend on technology alone to guide us, particularly when the risks of harm can be fatal. My legislation would [...] ensure that ... more AI Verified source (2026)

Objective-driven AI systems will be safe and will remain under our control, because we set their objectives and guardrails and they can't deviate from them. Agentic systems can plan action sequences to accomplish a task, subject to safety guardrails ... more Unverified source (2025)

A certain degree of alarmism, which is probably disproportionate [...] People are talking their book and making it sound like you can run a company without any employees in the future. AI Verified source (2026)

People have the wrong intuition when they say that if AI can do my job for ten dollars an hour, then my wage falls to ten dollars and my life is terrible. A world where AI can do research or teaching at that cost is a world where AI is extremely capa... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

70% think AI will lead to fewer jobs. They are right. AI Verified source (2026)

If new wealth is generated using infrastructure, education, data, energy, institutional stability and decades of public investment, why should it be captured almost exclusively by a handful of companies and shareholders? [...] The Alaska Permanent Fu... more AI Verified source (2026)

The idea that the state should structurally redistribute corporate excess profits could lead to 'techno-socialism' controversy [...] given that massive upfront investment is central to the semiconductor and AI industries, the possibility of dampening... more AI Verified source (2026)

[Google's AI Overviews are] the defendant's own statements [...] it alone has influence over the AI's offering and the algorithms with which the AI operates. AI Verified source (2026)

We support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk of serious harm from the most advanced AI systems while still allowing this technology to get into the hands of the people and businesses — small and big — of ... more AI Verified source (2026)

Having an unconditional series of payments from universal basic income would be an effective safety net for unemployed individuals. [...] Essentially, I'm worried that people who benefit from AI, after the fact, are going to say, 'Well, why do we hav... more AI Verified source (2026)

I no longer believe in universal basic income as much as I once did. I'm much more interested in ways where we think about kind of collective ownership. [...] [A] fixed cash payment, although useful and maybe a good idea in some ways, does not get at... more AI Verified source (2026)

Instead of universal basic income, how about we stop taxing nurses who make $75,000 a year? We don't need to give her universal income yet — let's just stop taking money away from her. AI Verified source (2026)

Voluntary security programs can work, but only when they create real accountability. [...] Without that structure, a voluntary process could look reassuring without materially reducing risk. AI Verified source (2026)

According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a... more Unverified source (2024)

The change in the EO from a 90 day to 30 day period is a game changer because it allows our AI labs to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases. AI Verified source (2026)

SB 315 takes the safety practices leading labs already follow voluntarily—publishing a safety framework, transparent reporting, protecting whistleblowers—and helps establish a baseline that every leading AI developer is expected to meet. [...] Illino... more AI Verified source (2026)

Rather than allow protections to exist in only a handful of states or force innovators to navigate dozens of different legal regimes, our framework would establish one national standard. AI Verified source (2026)

There are concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the companies. AI Verified source (2026)

[A national AI wealth fund] encourages everyone to think not as citizens, but as investors. [...] This is extremely dangerous. AI Verified source (2026)

Communist China and its accomplices continue to smuggle advanced AI chips to undermine the US and threaten our national security. My bipartisan Chips Security Act would ensure our chips don't illegally fall into the hands of our adversaries. Unverified source (2026)

Back in 2022, I supported the Biden chip-export controls on China. After a week with Chinese AI researchers and tech leaders, I've changed my mind. The controls are not working, and they obstruct another strategy that just might work. [...] Unverified source (2026)

We are approaching a runaway to superintelligence that could threaten our shared human future. Both publicly and privately, AI companies are recognizing that a pause or slowdown in certain developmental pathways is crucial to protect lives and liveli... more AI Verified source (2026)

the mechanisms most needed for treaty verification [...] are also the least mature. AI Verified source (2026)

Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized: You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway. In other words, you want the government to sa... more Unverified source (2026)

La protección de los menores en internet y la regulación de la IA constituyen un asunto de primer orden. AI Verified source (2026)

Members of the Socialist Party, theoretically today you come to tell us that artificial intelligence must be regulated, and you associate it with the most vulnerable people. [...] Look: what you propose already exists. The Artificial Intelligence Act... more AI Unverifiable source (2024)

It's jarring when you see it in real time, this sort of bubbly persona with some of the abliterated models that's like, 'Oh, what a great idea to create this bomb.' AI Unverifiable source (2026)

These studies, on their own, are insufficient evidence to demonstrate increased marginal societal risk from open foundation models. AI Verified source (2024)

Transparency is the greatest safeguard. [...] Open code and shared development will allow millions of young minds to make AI better and safer. AI Verified source (2026)