US House Speaker touts benefits of AI

2023/7/23

(17 Jul 2023)
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Washington – 17 July 2023
1. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks up to reporters, UPSOUND (English)
“Well, welcome to another Monday. I’m sure your questions will be will we get the legislation passed this week? Will it be done on the date that we said it will be done? And you’ve learned week after week the answer is yes. We continue to fight for the American public. We believe in the commitment to America, holding this government accountable. You’ll know there’ll be a number of hearings this week to do that. As people continue to travel during this summer we know the problems there are with the FAA and this administration has not solved it. We are crafting legislation to help solve many of these problems.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, (R) House Speaker:
“I do not want to see government create an agency to approve whether someone can build upon AI (Artificial Intelligence). I’ve watched what the European Union has done that has actually in their guidelines, has taken capital away and people walking away from Europe and investing in AI. I want to see an ability to foster AI here in America, but also at the same time protect us from any fears that we may have. If you have followed and covered some of the things we have done here already, I think it’s appropriate that we educate all members on the artificial intelligence.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, (R) House Speaker:
“I think we can actually be able to foster a lot of positives to artificial intelligence. Why wouldn’t we want to advance America? Why wouldn’t we want an advanced society? Why wouldn’t we want to make somebody safer? We could battle wildfires with AI. We could predict where a fire would start, where it would grow, pre-position individuals would be able to knock that fire out. That would that would not only save lives, it would save the environment. We watched many times with this smoke with AI we could find a better way to actually treat you. With AI our military will be able to be stronger. With AI today we actually use in the military when you always get these reports like a number of planes, 50% of planes can’t fly. We use AI to predict the part that is going to fail in the plane so now we’re up to 75 and 85% of planes that can fly because we change that part before it collapses upon itself.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, (R) House Speaker:
“AI can help government save money, provide a greater service, be more efficient. I’m always looking for improvements and that’s where I can be. Now, the fear of other things, that’s what we can look to make sure we can protect. But I’m one who believes that tomorrow is going to be greater than today. And I’m one who firmly believes America has had the greatest advancements, especially in technology and we should be the leaders in this. And really, how government handles this will determine if America continues to lead in technology.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, (R) House Speaker:
“We invited (Isaac) Herzog in the last Congress to come based upon the 75th anniversary. So the president of Israel is coming. It has nothing to do with (Israeli Prime Minister) Bibi Netanyahu. But I have said when I was in Israel speaking at the Knesset, if President Biden snubs Prime Minister Netanyahu, I will gladly invite Netanyahu to America.”
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