Silicon Valley Progressive Democrat Calls for ‘New Social Contract’ for AI
Does not support moratorium on data center construction proposed by fellow progressives Bernie Sanders and AOC.
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026 – Taxing billionaires will be necessary to fund the progressive and activist political agency proposed by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. But that doesn’t mean that he’s opposed in principle to technology and artificial intelligence.
“I’m not an AI accelerationist, I’m not an AI doomer, but I’m an AI democratist,” Khanna said in remarks Tuesday at the National Press Club on his proposed “billionaire tax.”
Khanna touted his willingness to oppose the billionaires in his district as political courage, and criticized efforts to fund primary challengers against him as undemocratic.
