Kamala Harris roasted for bumbling attempt at explaining AI: 'It's gotta be a bit at this point'

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday explained artificial intelligence as she convened a roundtable with labor and civil rights leaders to talk about the technology. "AI Czar" and Vice President Kamala Harris was ridiculed on social media for her "stunning" description of artificial intelligence on Wednesday. In the latest example of Harris' "word salad" moments, the vice president spoke at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., and gave what people saw as a condescending and long-winded description of AI. "I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing," Harris said. It means artificial intelligence, but ultimately what it is, is it's about machine learning." She added, "And so, the machine is taught -- and part of the issue here is what information is going into the machine that will then determine -- and we can predict then, if we think about what information is going in, what then will be produced in terms of decisions and opinions that may be made through that process." Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts to discuss the societal impact of artificial intelligence, in the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2023. "So to reduce it down to its most simple point, this is part of the issue that we have here is thinking about what is going into a decision, and then whether that decision is actually legitimate and reflective of the needs and the life experiences of all the people," Kamala concluded. "Kamala Harris talks to Americans like we are all in kindergarten.