Mark Cuban on Saturday fired back at Rep.
Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), saying that governments should treat AI as a public investment aimed at cutting operating costs and improving services, while creating pathways for new graduates to modernize agencies.
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Cuban said in a post on X that AI could help states and Washington run leaner and redirect more collected revenue to people who need support.
"Ask your GenZ and neediest constituents, if AI could reduce spending in your state and improve the quality of services offered, with some percent of those savings being deposited in their bank accounts annually, would they approve of the government using AI?" Cuban asked.
