About this episode
Tom Steyer discusses his candidacy for California governor and his views on taxing billionaires and regulating AI.
California’s gubernatorial race is drawing national attention, with several Democrats and two Republicans vying for incumbent Gavin Newsom’s seat. Among them is hedge fund billionaire turned gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer. He joins Katie to explain why he wants to tax billionaires, regulate AI and the role he wants California to play in the national conversation about artificial intelligence. Here on Big Interview, Katie will be having a series of conversations with candidates who are shaking things up in this election cycle. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Hosts: Katie, WIRED
Guest: Tom Steyer
Topics covered
- California gubernatorial race
- billionaires
- taxation
- artificial intelligence
- politics
- finance
- business
Keywords
- Tom Steyer
- California
- gubernatorial race
- billionaires
- taxation
- artificial intelligence
- politics
- finance
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Organizations: California, AI, Big Interview, Alexis Ohanian
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