"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 2
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Dec 19, 2025 
Join New York Assemblymember Alex Boris, an AI safety policy advocate behind the RAISE Act, and former White House AI advisor Dean Ball as they dive into the complexities of AI regulation and governance. Boris discusses the bill aimed at mitigating catastrophic AI risks and their political implications. Ball outlines emerging coalitions and contrasts AI's rapid developments with social media governance lessons. The conversation also touches on strategies for handling technology in the context of national security and workforce impacts.
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Data Centers Expose Grid Policy Gaps
- Data center growth reveals infrastructure gaps: aging grid and slow renewable permitting push firms to choose dirtier power.
- Policy can incentivize renewables and require labs to pay for interconnect upgrades so ratepayers aren't burdened.
AI Politics Are Forming New Coalitions
- Political coalitions around AI are fluid: pro-industry, traditional AI safety, anti-AI, and consumer-protection factions are forming.
- Middle groups (kids' safety, consumer harms) will decide whether debate tilts pro- or anti-AI.
Structural Forces Drive US–China Decoupling
- Dean sees structural decoupling from China driven by private capital decisions, not just presidential policy.
- Market forces and supply-chain choices can reduce dependence regardless of leadership.