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  Ayup … have to wonder which party it’d be if he was forcing a rape victim to give birth, 9 months later … or encouraging strip mining and fracking in someone else’s state. pfft
context: Never too old to go back to school. Good for Congressman Don Beyer on learning about cutting-edge tech. Maybe he can explain to the other septuagenarians in Congress how Facebook works. >
  
  Mr. Beyer sees what's coming. AI will revolutionize every industry and nearly every facet of our lives in the coming years. Every member of Congress should be educating themselves to better understand the ramifications on ethics and privacy. As Mr. Beyer put it,
  
  "So we want to make sure that we approach the regulation of AI in a way that’s thoughtful, that does the protection of consumers and privacy that needs to be done, but also doesn’t stifle the innovation and entrepreneurialism that has characterized the last 50 years of the technology industry in America.”
  
  This will be one of the most important and tricky issues Congress has ever faced, and the capitalist machine will try to stop any potential regulation. Hopefully people like Beyer can guide our lawmakers through it, because as you said, most of them seem technologically challenged. >
  
  
  Every member of Congress should be educating themselves to better understand the ramifications on ethics and privacy.
  
  More like should be required to educate themselves about those things as well as modern technologies.
  I wouldn't have nearly as much of an issue with the old fuckers being in charge if they at least understood the technologies and the ramifications of such that they're making the rules for. >
  
  If only all congressional representatives were this willing to learn new ideas and information. I wish this was common enough not to be newsworthy. Maybe he can set an example. >
  
  I thought "ha, must be a democrat." Quick google search and yes he is. Funny how you can know what party someone is by what they’re doing.