Dems Block Jordan Peterson From Testifying At Senate Hearing, Furious Republicans Walk Out

Republicans A senator hearing was abandoned. artificial intelligence After their Wednesday night service, they will be back on Wednesday Democratic DailyWire+ is blocked by its counterparts Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Testifying.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee’s Republican members had asked the speaker, a clinical psychologist and best-selling author, to share his thoughts on the rising of AI and other threats to liberty. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, was appointed the body’s top Republican. He took over the role of the ranking senator Sen. Rand Paul. statement Gary Peters, D-MI Chairman had denied Peterson the right to appear virtually.

“For whatever reason, even though we have the technology here, the chairman said he couldn’t make it possible for him to appear remotely. Behind the scenes, over the weekend, there were other reasons supplied,” Johnson said so. “That was all a ruse. It was a pretext for not allowing Dr. Peterson to testify, and I really cannot guess why. Some kind of ideological reason.”

Johnson made the observation that Johnson is also an optimist. “this is an action that is beyond unfortunate and something we cannot condone, which is why no Republicans will attend this hearing.” Following a heated exchange, Johnson left the room. Peters claimed the Democrats prevented Peterson from appearing because Republicans had submitted Peterson as a witness just two days prior to the hearing. Johnson observed that witnesses were often added by lawmakers at the very last minute and that he made every effort to accommodate them over his six years of being chairman.

Peterson said On social media, he said that he’d done it. “worked in good faith and in an entirely non-partisan manner” Before Democrats withdrew his invitation. He explained that he had been denied his opportunity to share his thoughts because a Democratic staffer charged him with the same thing. “promoting child abuse.”

“I was also invited to present virtually and agreed,” Peterson continued to assert that Peterson’s testimony was rejected because he planned on attending remotely “is an outright falsehood.”

Peterson is often the object of Left-wingcensorship. Peterson’s speaking engagements are often met with protests, outrage and censorship. banned Twitter for several month over Elliot Page post. Elliot Page is a actress and woman who self-identifies as male. Elon Musk is Twitter’s CEO restored Peterson took over the platform’s accounts.

Johnson also acknowledged Peterson’s ability to speak on AI and consider its implications. He spent much time in his opening remarks sharing the opinions that Peterson wasn’t able to give.

“Our legal structure has not been able to adapt itself to the immense changes on the virtual front,” Peterson had written. “The logical extension of such danger is the duplication in the West of something approximating the utter catastrophe of the so-called social credit system in China. Everything is tracked and controlled, the government can with the stroke of a pen seize the economic resources of any given individual or group.”

Peterson also noted the potential for machine learning and AI to aid surveillance. He pointed out that China has approximately 400 cameras monitoring every 1000 people. “We could well be entering an era of authoritarian, AI-mediated social shunning. The use of such cameras should be banned,” Peterson’s comments were read. “Machines should never be given the authority to ticket, try, punish, or limit the economic or practical activities of human beings.”

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