Senate Republican on Trump claim AI threat is ‘hoax’: ‘Come on’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that President Trump is wrong to call the threat posed by artificial intelligence a "hoax," telling reporters at the Capitol, "Come on, it's not a hoax. It's a real thing." Tillis, who is not running for reelection, said AI is an issue he has spent much of his professional career on.

Sen. Thom Tillis R-N.C. on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s dismissal of rising concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence technology. “Come on, it’s not a hoax. It’s a real thing,” Tillis, who is not running for reelection, told reporters at the Capitol. “This is something that I’ve spent a lot of my professional career in,…