entrepreneur mustafa suleyman. >> how do we stay in charge. and in the limit, it is definitely possible that we may not be in charge. and we have to confront that reality. that is not what we want. we don't want a.i. that have autonomy in our world. they shouldn't have rights, as some people have proposed. we don't want new digital z citizens hanging out in our society. >> so people understand technically, is it possible, as simple as saying, at the end of the day, you could always have a kill switch and you could pull the plug. or is it more complicated than that? >> yes. it is going to be possible to do that. i believe. if we focus on it as a research community, as a group of governing actors and the creator of the technology in the open source and the private companies. we have to make that a priority. we have overcome huge sciencistic and engineering feats to contain nuke power to get the best out of aviation and not have planes fall out of the sky all of the time. to regulate cars and make sure that everybody is training to drive a car an

what does mustafa suleyman say about fears that a.i. might mean the end of humanity. find out. >>> but first, here is my take. the start of the new year is on often a time of optimism. but look at surveys from the past few months and you'll find that strikingly high numbers of americans, sometimes around three-quarters of those polled, think america is on the wrong track. this profound sense of despair is perplexing because i don't find much objective data to support it. the u.s. economy grew at an astonishing 5.2% in the third quarter of 2023. the imf expects growth for last year to be 2.1% which is substantially better than other advanced western nations. such as canada, the u.k., and germany. inflation is dropping sharply, real wages are up, and manufacturing employment is experiencing a boom. it's hard to find another country where so many measures are pointing in the right direction. the broader picture is even more positive. as i write in the current issue of foreign affairs, the u.s. has been besting its competitors in various crucial metrics for a while now. t