YouCongress Polls

I'm not in the job apocalypse camp. Technology has been disrupting jobs, changing the way people work, destroying jobs, and forcing us as a vibrant economy to create new jobs for decades. It's no different this time. Unverified source (2026)

Most of those tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months. [...] We're going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks. Unverified source (2026)

It is somewhat awkward to say this as the CEO of an AI company, but I think the next tier of risk is actually AI companies themselves. AI companies control large datacenters, train frontier models, have the greatest expertise on how to use those mode... more Unverified source (2026)

We totally reject global governance of AI. We believe AI adoption cannot lead to a brighter future if it is subject to bureaucracies and centralized control. Prioritizing AI for your people does not mean joining international efforts that are either ... more Unverified source (2026)

With its incredible power comes incredible risk, especially given the speed with which it is being developed and released. [...] We need to build a steering wheel, a brake, and all the other features of a car beyond just a gas pedal. Unverified source (2026)

Those compliance costs are merely the beginning. The bill, if passed, would feed California regulators truckloads of company information that they will use to design a compliance industrial complex. Unverified source (2025)

If AI creates huge total wealth, a lot of that will, by default, go to the AI companies and less to ordinary people. So, you know, it's definitely not in my economic interest to say that, but I think this is something we should consider and I think i... more Unverified source (2025)

As labor income taxation becomes less viable, the primary lesson is that consumption taxation must carry more fiscal weight. This shift aligns naturally with pro-innovation policies, as consumption taxes avoid penalizing the capital investments essen... more Unverified source (2026)

Recent geopolitical tensions show that the issue of Europe's digital sovereignty is of the utmost importance. [...] If we do not act now to reduce Europe's technological dependence on foreign actors, we run the risk of becoming a digital colony. Unverified source (2026)

trying to decouple wholesale from US cloud risks hurting European competitiveness more than it helps sovereignty. Unverified source (2025)

I am proud to support Senator Gonzalez's bill to protect New York's kids from the harms of chatbots. There is already overwhelming evidence that too many of our children are being exposed to inappropriate and dangerous content while using chatbots, a... more Unverified source (2026)

Although age restrictions on chatbots designed for erotic or intimate interactions likely meet the “obscene for children” standard from Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, we oppose wide-ranging age restrictions, as they could hinder both children and a... more Unverified source (2025)

Understanding consciousness is one of the greatest scientific challenges of the 21st century, and potentially one of the most impactful for society. This challenge is becoming even more pressing in light of accelerating progress in artificial intelli... more Unverified source (2026)

We need the whole spectrum or we have no mind [...] Computers can imitate important aspects of thinking-about (narrowly understood), but being is beyond them. Unverified source (2015)

While we continue to believe a single national safety standard for frontier AI models established by federal legislation remains the best way to protect people and support innovation, the combination of the Empire State with the Golden State is a big... more Unverified source (2025)

If you have to report to 50 different state regulators at 50 different times with 50 different definitions, it's extremely onerous. And it's going to slow down innovation, and it's going to hinder our progress in the AI race. Unverified source (2025)

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, criminals are exploiting it to scam hardworking Americans. We are seeing a disturbing rise in AI-generated voice clones and deepfake videos that convincingly impersonate loved ones, business executive... more Unverified source (2026)

Without provisions that allow for fair use and free expression online, this legislation would dramatically change the internet. Unverified source (2024)

Companies like Nvidia are requesting to sell millions of advanced AI chips, which are the cutting edge of warfare, to Chinese military companies like Alibaba and Tencent. These are the same companies that work to spy against the United States of Amer... more Unverified source (2026)

coerced or courted some countries to adopt export restrictions against China. [...] Such bullying acts seriously violate market principles and the international trade order Unverified source (2023)

Science informs, but humans decide. Our goal is to make human control a technical reality. [...] It requires meaningful human oversight in every high-stakes decision — in justice, healthcare, credit. Unverified source (2026)

You have to do the hard work of thinking about the outcomes that you're trying to steer away from, as opposed to saying just stop until you're perfect. An iterative deployment process that gets AI tools into everyone's hands and then responds to thei... more Unverified source (2024)

Today, frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons. We will not knowingly provide a product that puts America’s warfighters and civilians at risk [...] fully autonomous weapons cannot be relied upon to exercis... more Verified source (2026)

To the second part of your question, I am strongly in favor of discussions internationally about things like norms. I think with this point, it would be counterproductive to have outright bans on things that people don't even fully understand what th... more Unverified source (2019)

Universal Basic Income is part of ideal, just societies. But I think it is not a magic bullet. We need a combination of universal basic income, a job guarantee and inheritance for all. Unverified source (2025)

I'm skeptical that Universal Basic Income can get rid of grinding poverty, since somehow humanity's 100-fold productivity increase (since the days of agriculture) didn't eliminate poverty. Verified source

The Left envisions a post-economic order in which people stop working and instead receive government benefits. In other words, everyone on welfare. This is their fantasy; it's not going to happen. Unverified source (2025)

AI's impact is global, but its governance is not. Through the Global Dialogue, for the first time, all 193 member countries of the UN will have a seat at the table in shaping international cooperation on AI governance. These two global mechanisms are... more Unverified source (2025)

The US totally rejects all efforts by international bodies to assert centralized control and global governance of AI. Ideological fixations on social equity, climate catastrophism, and so-called existential risk are dangers to progress and obstacles ... more Unverified source (2025)

I think the internet is broken. [...] I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place. I was wrong about that. [...] If you got paid for yelling fire in the theater... more Unverified source (2017)

8. Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone. Or, less formally, ``Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.'' I dub this: ``Linus's Law''. My origin... more Unverified source (2000)