Senator Mark Warner: Nobody’s Ready for What AI Could Do To Us

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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U.S. Senator Mark Warner is a three-term Virginia senator and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senator Warner joins Big Technology to discuss whether Washington is prepared for the economic and societal disruptions of rapidly advancing AI. Tune in to hear why Warner believes recent college graduate unemployment could surge from 9% to 30% and why he's more frightened than reassured about Congress's ability to respond at speed. We also cover the Anthropic-Pentagon relationship, AI romantic relationships, data center opposition polling, and the ongoing battle over congressional stock trading. Hit play for a rare conversation with one of the few senators who actually understands what's at stake. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If AI progress is actually moving on an exponential, are we ready?
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0:42.5	podcast, a show for Cool-Headed and NUant Conversation of the Tech World and Beyond. We have a great
0:47.7	show for you today. U.S. Senator Mark Warner is here with us. We're going to talk about whether
0:52.0	the government is ready for fast AI progress,
0:55.0	what government data says about AI-driven job loss so far and the latest on that small anthropic situation with the Pentagon.
1:02.0	Senator Warner, great to see you again. Welcome to the show.
1:04.0	Alex, thanks so much for having me.
1:06.0	So it's been four years since we last spoke.
1:10.0	And I reached out because I had been getting freaked out.
1:15.4	I'll be honest.
1:16.2	I've been speaking with some folks in and around these AI labs.
1:20.8	And there's a belief among them that AI technology is moving on an exponential and could
1:26.4	have real disruptions.
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