Jon Stewart Predicts Real ‘Existential Threat’ of Trump Era

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The Daily Beast

Comedy CentralJon Stewart is worried about the future.In a “Weekly Show” podcast episode timed to Earth Day on Wednesday, Stewart said that while there are several “existential threats” in the age of Donald Trump, there is one that’s getting less attention than it should. “As this glorious Earth is being celebrated while simultaneously being destroyed on the back end of it, I thought it would be appropriate not to worry about Iran, not to worry about climate change, but to worry about a third existential threat, which is AI—artificial intelligence,” the host said, which is “building data centers and sucking up water and electricity and money” with little interference from the Trump administration.Read more at The Daily Beast.