JB Pritzker

Governor of Illinois

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“how about you guys self police? That's not going to work, at least not for protecting people's privacy. And frankly, it's not going to provide any safety either because everybody's going to operate on their own self interest.”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukesDecoder with Nilay Patel, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Pritzker describes the White House approach of asking AI companies to police themselves, in answer to a question about privacy and AI guardrails.
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“I mean, I say it's coming, it's here. It's not going to stop.”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukesDecoder with Nilay Patel, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Pritzker on AI, before asking what guardrails to put on it.
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“we better be prepared and we better be protecting people who are going to lose their jobs, or at least it appears they're going to lose their jobs.”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukesDecoder with Nilay Patel, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Pritzker on AI and employment, saying job losses look like the direction of travel.
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“state by state, this is not the way to do this. We're doing the best we can with absence of a federal government that is addressing these”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukesDecoder with Nilay Patel, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Pritzker on Illinois AI safety law, saying Congress and the president have not acted.
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“AI is going to solve a whole bunch of medical challenges and already is”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukesDecoder with Nilay Patel, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Pritzker on AI's benefits while arguing governments should not try to shut the technology down.
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  1. PodcastDecoder with Nilay PatelSpeaks

    JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes

    In a 59-minute interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker argues that AI companies cannot police themselves, that states alone cannot regulate AI, and that AI is potentially existential. Pritzker also warns of job losses and compares AI to nuclear weapons.