

Brad Carson: The AI Action Plan Every CEO Must Know! | The AI CEO Podcast
19 snips Oct 4, 2025
Brad Carson, a former U.S. Congressman and tech policy expert, shares his insights on AI's transformative impact on business and society. He discusses the pivotal moment when ChatGPT-3 shifted public perception of AI. Carson emphasizes America's precarious lead in AI and outlines a crucial action plan for CEOs, focusing on innovation, education, and risk management. He warns against merely tacking AI onto existing systems and promotes a proactive, strategic approach for companies to thrive in an AI-driven future.
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ChatGPT As The Turning Point
- ChatGPT-3's release in 2022 was the inflection point that made AI visibly transformative to society.
- Brad Carson decided to focus on public policy for AI after seeing its rapid mainstream adoption.
America's Precarious Leadership
- The U.S. currently leads in frontier AI due to top labs, talent, and capital but this lead is precarious.
- Brad Carson says policy like the AI Action Plan aims to help maintain that leadership.
SMBs Should Engage Policymakers
- Small and medium businesses should tell government what regulatory red tape blocks AI adoption and request support.
- Treat AI as an accessible technology that can be cheaper and easier to implement than legacy enterprise software.