Pritzker rejects the Trump-Sacks approach of gathering AI companies and letting them self-police. He says every company acts in its own self-interest, so government is needed to protect privacy and safety, just as it is needed for other collective-action problems. He doesn't claim government is smarter.

Silicon Valley's pro-youth bias is amplified in AI because the field is so new. Founders unburdened by "old world" industry practices can develop more contrarian, and often correct, theses. Experience in legacy systems becomes a liability when the entire paradigm is shifting.

A top VC's most important interview question is now "How have you used AI in your daily life this week?" The key is identifying individuals who are running towards the new technology and embracing change. This mindset is uncorrelated with age or seniority, making it the most critical hiring signal.

Pritzker says his AI cabinet pairs technical experts with agency leaders and includes emergency management and state police. The goal is to discuss privacy, safety and efficiency together, rather than chasing efficiency alone before the state understands AI's dangers. He deliberately avoids plunging headlong and says experts come from universities.

Pritzker says AI could be existential like nuclear weapons but notes it is proliferated and privately built, unlike the bomb. He has not 'felt' AGI, and wants ethicists, technologists and government involved in reining it in. He admits he doesn't know the answer.

Nilay describes networked license plate readers lacking access controls; Pritzker agrees AI makes them different from an SD card at one intersection. He says privacy laws need annual review, and Illinois' BIPA and AI Safety Measures Act are patches because Congress has not acted. That is his core privacy concern.

Contrary to the belief that technology moves faster than policy, the AI policy landscape is currently accelerating rapidly. This is because DC is underratedly 'AGI-pilled,' run by highly online young staffers who are deeply engaged with the discourse, making it a more forward-looking environment than even Wall Street.

There's a growing belief in venture that experienced, second-time founders may be at a disadvantage in the AI era. Younger founders who grew up natively with new tools can move faster because they don't have to unlearn established, but now obsolete, ways of working.

Many societal problems, from political gridlock to demographic collapse, are exacerbated by entrenched older leaders who won't leave power. Implementing structural reforms like age gates and term limits for critical roles like the Supreme Court would inject new perspectives and prevent the calcification of power.