Lawmakers gathered quietly to talk about AI. Angst and fears of ‘destruction’ followed

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society. The roundtable served as a chance for lawmakers to ask questions of leading AI experts and to express their hopes and concerns about the transformative technology. Several leaders expressed alarm at how the technology is already being used by the Trump administration. Others warned that Congress was doing little to prepar...