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Alex Bores wants you to know that he\u2019s not \u201canti-A.I.\u201d And the pro-A.I. advocacy group attacking him wants you to know that the industry isn\u2019t against Alex Bores\u2014or at least not all of it is. And yet, Alex Bores may just get a seat in Congress because people see him as the \u201canti-A.I. guy.\u201d What is going on here?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s back up a bit. Bores, a New York state representative, is running for an open U.S. House seat representing a chunk of Manhattan. It\u2019s a crowded field that includes a member of the Kennedy clan, a Republican turned Bluesky superposter, and a candidate with the financial backing of none other than Michael Bloomberg. (Put a pin in all that for now.) But in that crowded field, Bores has gotten attention for his stance on the A.I. industry.<\/p>\n

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Specifically, Bores co-authored a New York state law (the RAISE Act) that requires A.I. companies to test their models for safety and disclose other pertinent\u00a0information. As a candidate, he\u2019s advocating a similar federal law and has for regulating A.I. He\u2019s also argued for a of sorts where average Americans would get money from advancements in A.I. technology.<\/p>\n

Despite all that, Bores, a former employee of surveillance tech giant Palantir, insists he\u2019s not against A.I.\u2014he\u2019s just trying to make it work for those of us still stubbornly clinging to our carbon-based brains.<\/p>\n

In fact, Bores says he used A.I. to help him write his legislation to regulate A.I. He described how he worked with the Business Council of New York State to sift through pages of antiquated New York statutes to update business laws, saying it wouldn\u2019t have been possible\u2014or at least easy\u2014without A.I.<\/p>\n

And he thinks A.I. can be harnessed to make government more efficient and effective for constituents. He discussed how he used A.I. to update code for Google Maps and similar navigation websites so it tracked a tram that went between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan. \u201cI was like, \u2018Wait A.I. is good enough at this,\u2019 \u201d Bores said. \u201c \u2018Here is the format, here is the schedule, I\u2019ll update this,\u2019 and in 10 minutes I had the schedule updated and ready to go. So it was enabling a direct delivery of government services that wasn\u2019t being done.\u201d<\/p>\n

But his \u201cyes A.I., not to unfettered A.I.\u201d approach, he says, is a bridge too far for some in the industry who refuse to be regulated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve put up quotes about how they\u2019re trying to make an example of me and how their focus is to not just win one congressional race but to send a message to every other member of Congress that you\u2019re not allowed to regulate A.I. at all,\u201d Bores told me in a recent interview.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s: \u2018You tried to regulate it, we\u2019re going to bury you.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Bores is, in part, referring to a campaign waged by Think Big PAC, a pro-A.I. advocacy group that is spending big against Bores. A new ad from a few days ago accused Bores of lying about everything he\u2019s said about Palantir. That ad threw in the favorite attack lines of Bores\u2019 Palantir-aligned opponents: that he quit after being warned about sexually explicit comments he made (Bores has denied the context of this and said Palantir did perform the usual HR process for handling such an accusation) and that he was burned out from the company.<\/p>\n

Think Big is leaning on Bores\u2019 Palantir ties, accusing Bores of building the technology in use by Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2014a damning association in a deeply liberal district. Bores has said he expressed objections internally about doing work with ICE.<\/p>\n

And the group says Bores\u2019 framing of the race is misleading: In a statement, Josh Vlasto, one of the top strategists running the super PAC, said his group isn\u2019t against regulation: \u201cOur goal is to pass a national regulatory framework that creates jobs for American workers, wins the race against China, and protects the safety of kids, families, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s where it gets extra complicated: Think Big notes that Bores is also getting a lot of support from a pair of super PACs associated with Anthropic, an A.I. company\u2014albeit one a bit more friendly with would-be A.I. regulators. Those donations, Vlasto said, are driven in part by Bores\u2019 and the donors\u2019 mutual affinity for \u201ceffective altruism,\u201d a philosophy that focuses on maximizing good in the world. (That sounds, well, great. But in practice, the movement\u2019s definitions of good and how to maximize it are at times controversial. It\u2019s a whole thing.)\u00a0\u201cBores\u2019 entire campaign is being propped up by Anthropic, its investors, and effective altruist\u2013aligned groups funneling millions through dark-money super PACs to advance their fringe ideology and control A.I. for themselves,\u201d Vlasto said.<\/p>\n

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As unpleasant as it sounds to have someone spend millions attacking your character and candidacy, it seems to be pretty good politics to get crosswise with A.I.<\/p>\n

A Gallup survey recently found that less than 20 percent of Americans between 14 and 29 are hopeful about A.I. A separate Economist\/YouGov poll found that 51 percent of U.S. adult citizens are pessimistic about the long-term effects of A.I. while just 25 percent are optimistic. Majorities among Democrats and independents are pessimistic, the poll found, and a plurality of Republicans are pessimistic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a way for Bores to get attention in a race full of candidates with larger platforms. The race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (who has been in Congress since 1992) is a competitive and expensive one, with a dozen candidates on the ballot in the primary. Over $3 million has been spent in the primary opposing Bores. But the tide is shifting there, and Transformer, a news site covering A.I., reported that over $4.5 million has been spent in support of the New York assemblyman.<\/p>\n

Polling is scant and not super reliable, but some surveys suggest the race\u2019s front-runner is Micah Lasher, a state representative from the district\u2019s west side whose\u00a0Bloomberg backing affords him ample funds to spend on advertising.<\/p>\n

But the biggest names in the race are Jack Schlossberg and George Conway. Schlossberg is a Kennedy, and that alone has gotten him plenty of attention\u2014though not all of it positive. One New York Times report made the rounds particularly because of its opening anecdote about the candidate disappearing at a critical juncture because he needed a nap.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Conway, a former Republican (and ex-husband to Trump 1.0 propagandist Kellyanne Conway) who gets a lot of attention as a #Resistance poster railing against the president. (His follower count on Twitter and Bluesky is around 3 million.)<\/p>\n

Still, Bores keeps getting attention and racking up endorsements, and if he wins the primary on June 23, it will be in large part because voters see him as the David tossing rocks at an A.I. Goliath\u2014even if Bores actively resists that label.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of our conversation, I asked him about a recent episode from the final season of Hacks<\/em>, in which the two leads\u2014who don\u2019t share politics\u2014unite to tell an A.I. entrepreneur to [buzz] off when he wants to use their content. The episode\u2019s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it. (Forgive me, for I\u2019m slightly oversimplifying things here.)<\/p>\n

I asked Bores what he thought of it, and he said the premise was flawed, saying it\u2019s the framing desired by the groups that want to sink his candidacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want there to be a framing of: You\u2019re pro-A.I. or you\u2019re anti-A.I., or: You\u2019re tilting at windmills. Again, that\u2019s not where most Americans are or where this debate is,\u201d Bores said, adding that \u201c80 percent of Americans are seeing some benefits from A.I.,\u201d but they are also \u201cworried about what it means for their kids\u2014if chatbots they\u2019re engaging with or toys they\u2019re engaging with are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the terms of the debate are not: Is A.I. here to stay? Yes of course. It\u2019s how do we shape it, how do we influence it? How do we set rules of the road so that we all end up benefiting from it and not just have those rules set by five Silicon Valley billionaires?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more The John Roberts vs. Donald Trump Story Conceals Something More Sinister<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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