Lawmakers gathered quietly to talk about AI. Angst and fears of ‘destruction’ followed

“Representative Eli Crane questioned whether the current trajectory of AI development might lead to the engineering of human destruction.”

“Representative Eli Crane asked experts if the pursuit of advanced AI models meant lawmakers were engineering the country's own destruction.”

“Representative Eli Crane, a former Navy SEAL, questioned whether the current AI race is leading toward the 'engineering of our own destruction.'”