On Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to widespread job losses and called for sweeping policy changes to protect workers if that scenario becomes reality.
Warren Urges AI Safety Nets
In a post on X alongside a video clip of her remarks, Warren posed a hypothetical about how policymakers should respond to AI-driven disruption.
“If you had a magic wand and could say, AI is coming, CEOs are predicting that mass layoffs are coming, what would you do?” she said in the clip.
She argued that such a scenario should prompt structural reforms, including universal health care.
“Your health care should not be dependent on your job,” Warren said, adding that she would support “Medicare for all or universal health care.”
She also called for making post-secondary education “free or nearly free” so displaced workers can retrain without taking on debt, and for strengthening unemployment insurance to help laid-off workers transition to new jobs.
Warren said government spending priorities should shift away from corporate tax cuts toward worker-focused investments.
She also …
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