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The video refers to remarks made by Vice President Kamala Harris on July 12, 2023, during a roundtable meeting with civil rights, labor leaders, and consumer protection experts at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Geo NewsThe RemarksDuring the discussion on the risks, bias, and regulation of emerging artificial intelligence technologies, Harris attempted to break down the concept in simplified terms:“I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing. First of all, it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence, but ultimately what it is, is it’s about machine learning. 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.” Matzav.comMedia Reaction and Public Reception

• Fox News and Conservative Commentators: Outlets like Fox News, the Republican National Committee, and various online commentators highlighted the clip, characterizing her explanation as condescending, overly simplistic, or another example of what critics label as her frequent “word salad” speeches. Critics mocked the phrasing, joking that she sounded like a student reading a book report or addressing elementary school students. Geo News+ 1
• Context and Defense: Supporters and neutral observers noted that the broader point she was making was standard consumer protection and civil rights policy: that machine learning models rely on training data, and if the data fed into algorithms contains human bias or inaccuracies, the outputs and automated decisions will reflect those same biases. Her elementary opening phrasing, however, overshadowed the substantive policy discussion that followed. Matzav.com