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  Excellent example of the pursuit of greatness and self achievement
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. >
  
  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 >
  
  A lot of respect for their display of wisdom. >
  
  Props to him for actually trying to learn something instead of pretending he knows something >
  
  Life hack… if you’re in school at least part time, prior student loans are deferred. Stay in school! >
  
  That's awesome!  Make most out of your life regardless of your age. >
  
  Good on him. I ran a small group that tried to educate local law enforcement, city and state representatives, and local media on tech way back when and we had to hang it up for sheer lack of interest. 
  Sad that it's 2023 and most of congress would prefer to let conflicting interests WRITE their bills rather than educate themselves. I celebrate the one, but damn it, why aren't our national representatives required to know basic elements of business and industry so they can, oh, I dunno, represent us? >
  
  I've got some bad news for you if you think politicians write their own bills normally. LoL >
  
  You seem to have played leapfrog with your own understanding on this one. 
  "...would prefer to let conflicting interests WRITE their bills..."
  IS straight up complaining that they do not.
  Please drive through. >
  
  It is never too late to pursue betterment of self. >
  
  *degree in computer science (he’s doing a focus in AI but it’s a Master of Science in Computer Science degree not Master of Science in AI which doesn’t exist) >
  
  That's kinda my dream - retire at 67, go back to school and get my master's in Computer Science. I really love what I do.