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A Silicon Valley Congressman Faces the Shifting Sands of AI

In February, Rep. Sam Liccardo said America couldn't afford to slow down AI. Then the Pentagon aimed it at Iran — and possibly at its own citizens.

You’re about to watch a lawmaker’s thinking shift in real time — and in public. When I first talked to Silicon Valley Congressman Sam Liccardo in February, he was making a very Silicon Valley-friendly argument: we can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube, China will eat our lunch, don’t slow down.

Then Iran happened. The Pentagon stripped the guardrail…

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