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Published Jul 13, 2023 at 9:57 AM EDTUpdated Jul 13, 2023 at 10:50 AM
US News Reporter
Footage of Vice President Kamala Harris attempting to explain artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday has gone viral online, with one critic saying it sounded “like she had a report due on AI, but absolutely didn’t read the book.”
Joe Biden launched his 2024 re-election campaign alongside Harris, which experts interpreted as a strong hint she will once again be his running mate. Continued intense scrutiny of Harris, who has a track record of making convoluted statements that have been mocked as “word salads” by critics, is inevitable.
Harris was discussing AI at a roundtable event with a group of civil rights and labor protection experts, with the conversation covering the risk to Americans from AI-generated scams, and the danger of AI being discriminatory while hiring people for jobs.
Speaking at the roundtable Harris commented: “I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing, first of all, it’s two letters, it means artificial intelligence but ultimately what it is is it’s about machine learning.
“And so the machine is taught and part of the issue here is what information is going into the machine that will then determine, and we can predict then if we think about what information is going in, what then will be produced in terms of decisions and opinions that may be made through that process.”
A 41-second clip of her comments was shared on Twitter by an official Republican National Committee account, where it was viewed more than 800,000 times.
Several other Twitter users also shared the video, with a number mocking the vice president’s performance.
Comedian Tim Young wrote: “Kamala Harris sounds like she had a report due on AI, but absolutely didn’t read the book. It’s absolutely impossible to believe that this person made it through law school, was able to pass the bar and was the AG of a state.”
Kevin Dalton, who stood unsuccessfully for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2022, posted: “It’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between Kamala Harris speaking about AI and Bart Simpson’s book report on Treasure Island.”
A third Twitter user, who says they are a Donald Trump supporter living in New York City, said: “Kamala Harris needs someone to explain AI to her like she was five years old before she tries to explain AI to us like we were five years old…”
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