Tangle PREVIEW: SPECIAL EDITION - Will Kaback interviews former congressman Brad Carson about Artificial Intelligence
Mar 21, 2026
Brad Carson, former congressman, Iraq War vet and ex-university president now leading AI policy work. He discusses founding Americans for Responsible Innovation and leaving academia to focus on AI. They cover partisan frames of AI risk, the rising political salience of AI, and near-term legislative prospects in a fast-moving policy landscape.
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AI Is Reshaping Everything Now
- Artificial intelligence is already reshaping work, warfare, and human identity and the rules governing it are barely being written.
- Brad Carson emphasizes AI's rapid acceleration and wide societal impact based on his front‑row policy involvement.
Career Pivot Into AI Advocacy
- Brad Carson described his path from Congress to forming Americans for Responsible Innovation to focus on AI policy full time.
- He formed ARI three years ago and left a university presidency eight to nine months ago to run it.
Fight Big Tech Influence Proactively
- Counter big industry political influence by funding pro‑regulation campaigning and educating lawmakers.
- Carson's Public First Action aims to raise ~$75M to fight a $125M anti‑regulation super PAC targeting AI policy.