Welcome to the Hudson Institute im senior fellow and we are here to talk today about today in america and hightech warfare chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee the senior policy advisor for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in government right now the chief Strategy Officer for those for the military and department of Homeland Security we can talk about that as a go through the interview but they give for being with us today. Its great to be here. What led you to do this book obviously this is something you have encountered over the years as a policy advisor but what is the genesis to lead you to sit down and write the entire book . Its a great question i ask myself constantly why did i get into this . Basically its two things. Both of these are a product and thinking about the stuff on a daytoday basis with the growing realization that we decided a fundamental problem to be underappreciated that we were losing competitive advan
Nine companies, the same companies that control the lions share of patents, that of an extraordinary of money that are able to attract the best talent because of the best food, you know, that have the relationships with universities here it doesnt mean there are not other Companies Like salesforce or nvidia over for not doing Amazing Things but its through these Nine Companies that Everything Else flows. The entire ai ecosystem in some way or another touches these nine. In addition to all of the things i just mentioned, they are also building the frameworks and the custom silicone chips and they have the code bases. All roads lead to these Nine Companies, and the challenge that i have is that if its the case that Artificial Intelligence is not just being built to create a better microwave, although thats cool, but instead to optimize our lives using data as currency, what does it mean when we relegate that are just a handful of companies and handful of people working at these companies
The Small Business committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement in regards to today subject, i do want to express all of our concerns about the devastation that is taken place in kentucky. The flooding has been just horrible to see. We know these Natural Disasters are very, very hard on the community. Our prayers are with those who have been victimized by the flooding. We recognize that there are many needs to how we respond as a nation to deal with this Natural Disaster. I know our country will do anything they can to see the resiliency of the people of kentucky. I say that particularly knowing that our Ranking Member, senator paul, represents the great state of kentucky. Our thoughts are with them. I also recognize the Small Business relief, only a quarter of that recovery. The announcing yesterday to provide relief to Small Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners, and ranchers in the regions. Small Business Committee will work with the s. P. A. To get this information
Hour and 45 minutes. The Small Business committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement in regards to todays subject, i do want to express all of our concerns about the devastation that is taking place in kentucky. The flooding has been just horrible to see. We know these Natural Disasters are very, very hard on the community. Our prayers are with those who have been victimized by the flooding. We recognize that there are many needs to how we respond as a nation to deal with this Natural Disaster. I know our country will do anything they can, we see the resiliency of the people of kentucky. I say that particularly knowing that our Ranking Member, senator paul, represents the great state of kentucky. Our thoughts are with them. I also recognize that Small Business relief is only a quarter of that recovery. The yesterday to provide relief to Small Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners, and ranchers in the regions. Small Business Committee will work with the s. P. A. To get
Melissa your fault, washington, 70 of americans say the leaders are hurting the nation. You know, 77 of americans saw their taxes go up this month as well, even as calls grow louder for more tax hikes. Lori live tv on your smart phone, and how they plan to be number one. Liz claman live in the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas with the ceo of dish, joe clayton. Busy hour. Lets get where the markets hour on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with nicole watching narcotics as we kick off watching the narcotics as we kick off earning season. The dough dow is to the downside, down 85 points now. Boeing down 3 , caterpillar, verizon weighing on the Dow Jones Industrials. Awaiting on alcoa to be the first to report the earning season, and, affect, so many names we are watching closely, however, right now, we are certainly right near the lows of the day, and the nasdaq down after a percent like the s p 500. I want to take a look at the retailer, sears, in particular, which we tack