I'm John Batchel. I welcome my good colleague, Kevin Fraser, writing at Civitas Outlook. Kevin's at the

University of Texas Law School. He is a researcher and advocate for the future. The future is

artificial intelligence. However, that is not a uniformly understood of where we are right now. The science fiction way to explain what

we're about to endeavor is that the future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed.

Okay, we wait. But right now, Peter, in a most recent article, has identified the weakness in the

decision chain, and that is the state

legislatures. Not even the federal government yet. State legislatures are moving very quickly

to either to take advantage of AI's skill set or to extract money from it. I can't tell whether

they're rent-seeking or just Mother May I. Kevin, a very good

evening to you. This is a disappointment only to those of us who spend a lot of time with AI.

They're worried about it in some profound way. You've written several articles to calm the spirits

of our tax and spenders, but they're not listening. Is that what you understand, Kevin? Good evening to you.

John, thanks you for having me. As always, it's a pleasure to join you, and I love talking about

the future with you. I think state legislators are very well-intentioned. They recognize that

their constituents are concerned about what we're going to see in this future that you and I are big advocates for.

And I think the problem is that we haven't had a clear narrative as to what that future may actually look like.

And so instead, the picture of the future that many Americans think of when they think about an AI future

is fewer jobs, is more misinformation, is less of a meaningful relationship with their kids,

and so on and so forth.

And this is all unsurprising because those are the articles that make the headlines.

These are the articles that the New York Times runs.

And so when folks think

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