Podcast · Episode 49

We Don't Want a Competitor Species — Brendan Steinhauser, Alliance for Secure AI

Brendan Steinhauser, CEO and Founder of the Alliance for Secure AI, on AI job losses, superintelligence risk, and the state-federal fight over AI law.

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Welcome to Episode #49 of Bills & Business. In this episode, Laura Davis, Co-Founder of USLege, sits down with Brendan Steinhauser, CEO and Founder of the Alliance for Secure AI, a nonpartisan nonprofit that educates policymakers and the public on the risks and opportunities of advanced AI. Brendan has testified before state legislatures, led national campaigns, and was quoted in TIME's 2025 Person of the Year feature on the architects of AI.

Laura and Brendan get into the real numbers behind AI job losses, why he treats superintelligence as a risk worth planning for, the fight between state and federal AI laws, and what government affairs professionals should be tracking over the next twelve months.

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