Why Gen Z Hates AI But Uses It The Most (ft. Bernie Sanders)
Gen Z uses AI the most yet trusts it the least.
We sat Bernie Sanders down with them for a messy debate that isn’t happening in the public right now.
If we’re going to live with AI and push for a future that benefits working people, we need more conversations like this one.
Producers: Aidan Walker, Elise Joshi, Chai Dingari
Video Editor: Anthony Mascorro
Motion Designer: Gerald Lane
Casting Producer: Brooke Shuman
Director: Tim Wolfer
Line Producers:
Katie Skinner
Max Gregor
Videographers:
Aisha Soofi
Nathan Taylor
Justin Feltman
Mark Comberiate
Matthew Vargas
Sound:
Jim Choi
Matt Ritt
Gabby Sturgeon
Technical Crew:
Colin McGee
Robert Weaver
Aaron Ballew
Josh Bilbaum
JC Veve
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Assistant Director: Astrid Dong
Production Assistants:
Jonah Bravo
Daria Nastasia
Jazmyn Dangler
Thank You:
Kelvin Redmond, George Washington University
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@RadarHate
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
RADAR is making people anti-social as well. There are many of us who suffer from the ill effects of cellular technology. Let's talk about the elephant in the room.
@peppy-g7p
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
AI knows best… and then it hallucinates!
@rstcologne
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Wow, deep thoughts. Strong positions. These young folks impressed me. Maybe there is hope for the future 🙂
@mastergastronom
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
If texting is a bunch of nothing, you have nothing to say
@saraofnorthwales
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Here is the solution – Ban all forms of Advertising, forcing products to increase in benefits for users rather than "Advertisers – ie: Power Seekers", force business to pay people in Bitcoin-denominated wages, instead of Fiat-denominated wages – this way, as the share market goes up with inflation, so do the wages. This is not rocket science – the causes of these problems are simple and created by the rich to disenfranchise the poor. Nuff Said!
@peppy-g7p
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
You can smell the data centers 10 miles away??? Wow! That would concern me and I'd feel huge guilt using cloud-based AI for that reason. In relation to the response the Gen Z'er gave, cancer rates, if caused by those data centers, would go through the roof. Not only that but people would be affected at younger stages in their lives. This is very serious. In that context, I can't imagine the CEO's are too concerned about how we will feed the world and meet their basic needs generally. This needs a massive rethink. A Mars factory more locally to me doesn't produce sweet chocolate smells that travel 10 miles, but were concentrated locally within a much smaller area about 1/4 mile if that around the factory.
Maybe this is where local open AI holds a significant advantage for those who can afford the tech at this point, and then as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire in the normal more considered development lifecycle way (rather than push it out at all costs to humanity/earth and maybe manage the fallout approach), more people gradually acquire it and gain skills to use it as it matures and becomes safer to use (thus avoiding the rogue AI's we have now). This would have been a better and safer approach, socially, economically, politically and environmentally.
@smoothcriminal2882
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
What drives me crazy is why no one ever brings up the fact that if the average consumer has no money to spend, corporations won't have customers to make money from. So if AI takes all the jobs, that means there would be no more customers.
@aliakaza4938
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
AI is literally shoved into anything , that's why it is used . People don't really want it billionaires do .
@thekaying
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
That intro really baited me into thinking there'd be more discussion about the economic bubble around LLMs and the inevitability of the losses getting socialized again
@johnchristmas7522
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Brit here, this is what I call the coin syndrome. Everybody is looking at one side of a coin, none at the negative side. The advancement of AI is driven by GREED. More profit. Not by care. There are
no laws to control AI now or in the future. Laws take years and decades internationally. Can you see where AI will be in ten years? Add to that, scientists that have worked on AI, say we have until
2030. They a terrified.
@shareika
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Y'all could have had this man for your president in 2016… 😢
@marijnkarsten7323
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Great talk, great people!
@new-dystopia
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
14:00 This is my main talking point, the people pushing it are people we already don't trust and have a track record of being terrible to society and humanity.
@GKViddingHD
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
The moderator, Aidan, looks worringly tired (or sad?). Hope he's well and it's nothing. His moderation is, of course, excellent.
@DerekHubbard
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Liam DOES look like the kind of guy who would text you back with an em dash.
@Nikkis_Gamin
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
I just love Bernie Sanders. Im devastated we never got to have him for President.
@jawazalsharq
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Serious category error—"generations" don't use AI, individual people do. And the people who use AI the most are all but certainly not its biggest enemy, which would be people who do not or sometimes just lack the ability to use AI and are (rightly) concerned that their place in the economic pecking order is likely on a downward slope.
@Rich-zb7vc
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Wow, what a great forum. Those kids gave me hope for the future, amazing!
@okay2814
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
The Moderator looks like the Real life tweek from south park😂
@maikydb
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
In the Netherlands, companies actively set out vacancy's and if people reply to it they get send away. Then they tell the local goverment that there are no people to fill their vacancy's … BUT they have the solution ready. So they ask for its oke that they will automate this vacancy.. And they get aproved!
Its crazy. I cant find a job while i see the same vacancy where i aplied to over and over again. its just very frustrating.
@Vector_Ze
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
I'm an old man, although a dozen years younger than Sanders (I'm crowding 73).
It's interesting to hear how young people feel about A.I., and especially how it relates to the pandemic, an aspect I hadn't previously considered.
One of my previous careers has been eliminated by automation…not even A.I., just simple automation. I worry for these young people, especially for those who see prosperity in their future with A.I.
I'm far from a Luddite. I've been a computer geek for almost 50 years, I LOVE computers, at the gut level. As in, I enjoy coding in BASIC for leisure.
The threat of A.I. isn't new, it's been the topic of discussion for decades. The scariest thing about it is the lack of regulation.
Models improving on models, in seconds, not days or months. It could become an existential threat before anyone notices it.
FOOTNOTE: Sorry, I will NEVER pay for YouTube. I would kiss its ass goodbye first. But, congrats to those who are more wealthy than I, and I am pleased with content like yours that is not A.I. slop. I'm not a rabid anti-ad person. I watch Tubi TV, it has commercials, and I'm okay with that. I grew up with commercials on TV. I don't "get" the psychotic adversity to having content paid by ads. I have a YouTube channel, and it has limited ads. Sue me. It's not like I'm living off of it.
@katiekie5653
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
That guy pin pointed it where no one wants to do business with a chatbox or ai. People love efficiency but love talking to an actual person
@diegoschneider96
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
17:40 "AI is adding value to american lives, and there are stats to back it up" [Citation Needed]
@antonleimbach648
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
We need to get rid of AI as quickly as possible. If it’s possible……
@BobbyHillsdale
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
There’s nothing confusing about their gen using the most AI and then having the lowest opinion of it. These kids have seen first-hand that this shit is gross and it’s being force-fed to us. It’s hard to avoid by design. Some or them look guilt-stricken about using it and it’s heartbreaking.
@Brent_J-1
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
'You dangle a bit of hope before the ravenous masses, while I sneak up behind and smother them with a pillow.' -Next episode of 'Peter and Donnie'.
@marcmadnersho
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
More Perfect Union doing what the mainstream media has consistently failed to do.
@HatsenWang
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Who told you that Gen Z hates AI? We only hate the unethical use of AI, the unchecked expansion of AI corporations and the government being complicit in it.
@allengweh1907
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
5:35 something is wrong with your brain bro
@punesh47fly
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
So then stop using waymo then
@lorenzo20201
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
84 fucking years old. The world has been spoiled with bernie sanders!!❤️
@ntgoh
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Are you serious that's all you think AI is !!?? CHINA is trying to apply it to robotics to industrial productions !! Elderly Individuals have personal robots !! Who the hell do you think can realize that !!?? In America, the answer is never ME !!! It will be someone else will do it !!! Why never ask why not me !!!! You are too comfortable !!! Let me tell you something, Chinese see it this way. AI will make my life easier & create more time for my personal life. WHAT IS REQUIRED OF ME ?? ADAPT, UPGRADE MYSELF, LEARN HOW TO USE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY ? JOBS WILL BE LOST, NEW JOBS WILL ALSO BE CREATED. STOP COMPLAINING & START ADAPTING !!! DON'T LET AN ELDERLY MAN TEACH YOU !!!
@ntgoh
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Youths are negative is BECAUSE they knew their government is INCOMPETENT. The right way is to proceed AND have competent government !!! AI is here to stay, like it or not !!! Why is the Chinese embraced AI ? They have faith in their government to work on limiting negatives about AI on the run !!!!
@esahg5421
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
talk to us about that trafficking ring in l.a
@khang.ngtr487
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
If u really think about it, AI is like the next Excel. It cuts down manual work tremendously. Jobs being loss? Yes. But we all appreciate Excel. That's just my take on AI.
@ConsciencepartyUSA
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Terminator, iRobot, her whichever way you look at it. It’s going to end up just like all these movies.
@mokemowl
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
tony is either a genius, or he is a plant
@SoCalFreelance
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
You'll own nothing and you'll be happy. The tech oligarchs will spoon feed you the bare minimum to sustain life.
@dreambrother1240
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Open message to Gen Z: They Corporations are lying to you.
Please help us to hold them accountable by voting with every dollar you spend, supporting companies that are working towards YOUR future. Peace
@DugNick3
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
This Silas kid needs to stop talking and start listening.
@truedepthaquaponics7118
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Im so thankful for gen z
@phoeunphoeun-m8h
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
1. 8 दिखाने दा शुक्रिया।
@RCRitterFPV
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
They all better use AI to tune up resumes…
@Monkeycantnutz
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
People love being against AI when it comes to others but draw the line at themselves
@jackbarton4789
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Every problem was created by a solution. The more Ai is used the more problems will be created.
@Squrtie
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
I went to high school with Tony. It was very gratifying to see someone with a fairly similar background and a non-dissimilar worldview bring up issues that directly effect not just my community but my own upbringing on essentially a national or even international stage. I have nothing but respect for this guy.
@Ohandshake
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
People have no idea how bad the air quality is next to a highway.
@ZekeAndFaith
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
My 80 year old boomer parents love AI. They use it all the time. I hate it.
@anonymity2882
September 1, 2026 at 10:36 am
Why am I subscribed to this? I’ve never seen this channel in my life