America has long liked to see itself as the world’s dream factory – from the birth of Hollywood to the moon landings, a belief in thinking bigger has been central to the national story. But attitudes towards artificial intelligence reveal a worrying shift. Surveys show that more people are anxious about AI than excited by its spread, with around six in ten saying the technology is moving too fast.

James Pethokoukis is the author of The Conservative Futurist and writes the Substack newsletter Faster, Please. He’s also a senior fellow and the DeWitt Wallace Chair at the American Enterprise Institute, where he analyses US economic policy. He joins Marc Sidwell to discuss the transformative possibilities of AI, how its risks can be managed, and why a more optimistic outlook may be warranted.

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