Big Tech Didn’t See This Coming
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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On this episode of the podcast, Andrew sits down with New York State Assembly Member and congressional candidate Alex Bores to discuss tech, labor, and governing in the age of AI. From Boris’s journey from computer science to public office to passing one of the strongest AI safety bills in the country, this conversation explores how persistence, policy, and technology can shape a better future.
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| 0:33.5 | This week on the Andrew Yang podcast. |
| 0:57.4 | I think some people think of government like, you know, I'm just a bill from Schoolhouse Rock, or, you know, our founders were brilliant in lots of ways, but people interpret that to mean that government is a perfect system or it's supposed to be a perfect system. No, it's the same bureaucracy, the same frustrations that exist in any job. And so there are things that shouldn't be there and obstacles that shouldn't. |
| 1:02.4 | But I have found that if you are persistent, eventually they run out of reasons not to do your bill. It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast. The congressional candidate for New York 12, |
| 1:18.4 | which is where I live, and current state assembly member, Alex Boris, welcome. |
| 1:23.9 | Thanks for having me, Andrew. Such a pleasure having you. You and I were connected via multiple friends of mine actually, and we'll go into your background |
| 1:32.2 | a little bit. |
| 1:33.2 | But one thing I love about you is that you want to be, I want to say either the fifth or sixth |
| 1:37.8 | computer scientist in Congress. |
| 1:41.5 | Is that right? |
| 1:42.5 | Absolutely. |
| 1:43.5 | It's something like that, and it would be the first that New York |
| 1:45.4 | ever sent to Congress. So what's a nice computer science programmer like you doing running for Congress? |
| 1:54.8 | And I know there's a bit of a story, but I love the story a lot because you're exactly the type of person |
| 2:00.5 | we need to run. It's one reason why some people |
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