The Robby Starbuck Show

My conversation with Senator Rand Paul about AI, Section 230, safety, political bias, a new potential senate hearing and much more.

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2:15 Rand: "What Google did is criminal".

2:30 The Section 230 Problem

4:00 Why This Case Is Different — "They’re not hosting content, they’re CREATING the content" - Paul explains why AI-generated defamation destroys Section 230 protection and why Starbuck’s case is "incredibly strong"

6:00 Paul: "I’ve been against changing 230, but now I think maybe…"

9:20 The nightmare scenario: deepfakes dropped right before a tight election.

10:00 Rand Paul: "I think you are going to kill them in court because…"

13:05 Rand reveals threats he’s received while platforms leave accusations up.

13:22 Fat people are protected while we aren’t protected from blatant lies

14:00 Robby reveals: Insurance companies DENIED him coverage recently

17:17 Rand wrestles with the implications: How do we prevent fake AI videos from destroying elections? What happens when you can’t tell what’s real anymore? "This is Pandora’s box"

18:00 Rand defends memes! 

18:40 Paul describes Google’s insulting response.

19:00 Call for Senate Hearings — Paul commits to investigating: "I happen to know somebody who’s a chairman of a committee and I think he might be persuaded to look at your case"

24:23 Rand can’t believe Google would risk a jury seeing this.

25:50 "There’s seemingly no going back"

27:51 Rand: "They took down my Senate floor speech which is protected by the Constitution… That’s how arrogant these people are"

29:00 Starbuck reminds Paul of their Big Tech disagreement years ago. Paul admits: "That’s part of learning… My opinion has shifted…"

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