JB Pritzker weighs AI’s good and bad as politics and privacy shift

AI, technology and privacy

Pritzker spoke with the Decoder host about artificial intelligence, technology and privacy. The host framed these concerns as part of a possible political realignment, with the midterms approaching and early voting already underway in many places.

The discussion considered the role of government when problems require collective action. The host described the exchange as ranging across several issues, including the limits of trying to address problems one person or one state at a time.

Government and business power

The host asked whether voters’ views were shifting on the relationship between large businesses and government, including whether officials should push back against corporate pressure. To illustrate the question, the host compared Illinois’ talks with the Bears to a dispute in California involving Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Ellison family and a proposed Paramount-Warner Brothers merger. The host said the California lawsuit was settled after Paramount had threatened to leave.

Bears’ future in Illinois

Pritzker said moving the Bears to Indiana was not the state’s intention. He said Illinois was in discussions with the team and the NFL about keeping it in Illinois.

The possible locations named were Chicago and Arlington Heights. The host disclosed being a Packers fan and joked that the Bears moving to Indiana would be an entertaining outcome.