YouCongress Polls

It would create a sovereign wealth fund through a one-time 50 percent tax — not on the profits of OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and other companies, but paid with something far more valuable than that: the stock. [...] the billions, if not trillions, of dol... more AI Verified source (2026)

Corporate profits are the result of massive investment, technological innovation and the willingness to take the risk of failure. [...] [Raising the idea of a] "national dividend" based on assumed future earnings is extremely dangerous and irresponsi... more Unverified source (2026)

We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology. [...] [A pause would require] multip... more AI Verified source (2026)

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

This would be practically impossible, because the economic and national security stakes are simply too high for any superpower to willingly hit the brakes now. [...] Tracking decentralized computing resources, private data centers and algorithmic res... more AI Verified source (2026)

The biggest problem is that not only do they have nondisclosure agreements, they also have a mandatory arbitration clause, which means disputes never see the light of day. AI Verified source (2026)

Connecticut already has strong whistleblower laws that protect employees from retaliation. [...] creating a separate, AI-specific whistleblower regime could lead to confusion, duplication, and unintended consequences for employers operating in highly... more AI Verified source (2026)

The Trump administration is, "We want zero regulations on AI." I think that's wrong. [...] I disagree with him on this. AI Verified source (2026)

You cannot preempt all of these [state AI] laws piece-by-piece; broad-based preemption of some kind is essential, and anyone who pretends otherwise is simply not engaging with the reality on the ground. AI Verified source (2026)

The harms are unfolding in real time, they aren't hypothetical. AI chatbots have already had sexually abusive conversations with children. [...] The GUARD Act will help to protect minors from these harms by deliberately ensuring that violations are p... more Unverified source (2026)

AI has incredible potential to transform society. At the same time, of course, there are risks that we must mitigate as a state, especially to young people. So I speak partly as a governor, but also as the father of teenage twins who grapple with thi... more AI Verified source (2026)

We want to make sure that kids are okay in the space. But if a kid or a group of kids, or a generation, let's say, is unable to access these types of tools now as they progress exponentially, you're essentially cutting off a huge benefit for them and... more AI Verified source (2026)

Theoretically, I think it's just really interesting to think about, because I'm interested in AI and the possibility that we might one day have AI systems that are actually conscious, actually thinking on par with human beings. AI Verified source (2026)

Large language models can be thought of as advanced role-players. They are really good at adopting roles based on what they've learned from their training data. That can include playing the role of a conscious robot. [...] If you have an emotional co... more AI Verified source (2026)

Consciousness is about internal states; the mimicry, no matter how rich, proves very little. [...] consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it feels. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. AI Verified source (2026)

In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses. [...] This is important for ensuring that people broadly share in the prosperity created by superintelligence. AI Verified source (2026)

To think that new technologies will automatically benefit everyone is to ignore the evidence. (Magnifica humanitas, §161) AI Verified source (2026)

We will end up in a very concentrated world where there's like one to five giant networks of data centres owned by one to five companies, possibly in coordination with their governments. [...] If you've only got one to five companies and they each ha... more AI Verified source (2026)

The market believes that there are going to be high returns to these investments. That is predicated on two assumptions: that AI will be technologically successful and that there will be limited competition. [...] if it's technologically successful, ... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

A little over five years ago, I had an idea on how to give every newborn American a stake in capitalism. Today, President @realDonaldTrump made that idea a reality with Trump Accounts. Unverified source (2026)

Last week, we saw AI misuse lead to the early retirement of one Chief Constable. Now, the police reportedly plan to use AI to usher in an era of 'predictive policing', targeting criminals before they commit crimes. This is unbelievably unwise. The us... more Unverified source (2026)

When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times. ... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

Most of the information that is of greatest interest from a national security and public interest perspective would not damage competitiveness if disclosed appropriately. [...] The U.S. government can also use existing authorities, such as the Defens... more AI Unverifiable 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)

I also did not like the compute threshold — which unfortunately we still have with SB 53, despite my best efforts. [...] I still think that compute thresholds are going to age really poorly, and we'll kick ourselves for having used them. AI Verified source (2025)

Our vision is personal superintelligence. AI that knows you, your goals, your interests, and helps you with whatever you're focused on doing. It serves you, whoever you are, wherever you are. AI Verified source (2026)

This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxically, part of that will mean collectively saying no to certain forms of progress... more AI Verified source (2023)

This scale is unnecessary. You do not need this scale of AI and compute to realize the benefits. Indeed, if we really want AI to be broadly beneficial, we urgently need to shift away from this approach. [...] The kinds of AI systems that dominate our... more AI Verified source (2026)

While it's true that experts have a much deeper understanding of AI's technical architecture, we believe people should be able to exert their values over AI and use the tools in a way that works for them. AI Verified source (2026)

I definitely don't think we should align it to a specific philosophical theory that is not really robust for the real world, but actually getting public input for a lot of topics is very difficult because the public has not had the time to think abou... more AI Verified source (2026)

It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. No algorithm can make war morally acceptable. (Magnifica humanitas, §198) 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)

It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. No algorithm can make war morally acceptable. (Magnifica humanitas, §198) AI Verified 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)