Tech Tank: Where was tech policy in the presidential race before Biden dropped out?

For several years now, leaders in Washington have been battling it out to determine how our emerging world should be regulated. Woven into the fabric of the American political system are conversations about artificial intelligence, the U.S. and China’s competition surrounding technological advancement, and how technology is changing our democracy.  

In a presidential election year, it is important to consider where these conversations fit in. Technology has woven itself deeply into the fabric of campaigns, acting as a main method of communication between candidates and the electorate. It is an essential element of our everyday lives, yet, with all the partisan talk on both sides about who the candidates are and what their legacies are, there is little discourse about how candidates plan to do to aid tech regulation. Tech is infiltrating democratic processes, like voting. It is upending traditional ways in which consumers transact, and it is likely to model–based on who wins–the values, and resentments harbored by each candidate.  

This week on the TechTank Podcast, co-host Dr. Nicol Turner Lee is joined by Steven Overly, the host of POLITICO Tech, and Darrell West, TechTank Podcast co-host and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Together, they discuss where tech and tech policies are in the upcoming election and understand what hotbed issues resonate with candidates and voters.  

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