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Sep 16, 2026 37 min

AI Panic or Real Threat?

from The Sean Hannity Show Hosted by Sean Hannity

With 49 days until Election Day, Sean examines the growing controversy over artificial intelligence and asks whether warnings about superintelligence reflect a genuine technological threat or a political campaign taking shape around AI. He points to potentially transformative uses in medicine and research while questioning proposals for international regulation involving China and Europe. Sean also turns to the midterms, arguing that control of Congress matters beyond individual candidates and debating whether frustrated Republican voters should prioritize the broader direction of government when they cast their ballots.

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For I was hungry and you cut my food assistance. I was sick and you kicked me off Medicaid. Thank you for asking about health care. All you in the press, you hear these folks are talking about health care. Stop asking me about a streamer in California. Go ahead. And it is on. And so is the countdown. T minus 49 days until election day.

The new Sean Hannity Show. More behind-the-scenes information on breaking news and more bold-inspired solutions for America. Hi, thank you, Scott Shannon. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Write down our toll-free telephone number if you want to be a part of this program. One hour from now, we will be joined by Daniel Cocotalo. He's the executive director at AI Futures, a project artificial intelligence researcher. I think he's another young guy. We had a young guy on last night. His name was Jacob, what was his name, Coxon, and another young researcher. And there's something so obviously suspicious to me about the players involved, what they're saying.

about AI, et cetera, et cetera. For example, this guy that we'll talk to, I'm sure he believes what he's saying. He was a researcher, executive director of the AI Futures Project, an artificial intelligence researcher, was a researcher of governance at OpenAI from 2022 to 24. And he is saying that, you know, my high level thought about the current moment is basically the public is starting to wake up about the extinction threat posed by super intelligence. And this is what there is. I've used to use the term power panic politics. And people get power by creating panic and using the political realm on which to achieve it. And I think it's relevant today. Now, if you go back and, you know, you see where this is heading, you got to look at the characters and the people that are involved in all of this to get a really good picture of where my suspicion lies in this. You know, there's there's been a lot of talk, for example, about the data centers. OK, let me just tell you something. Data centers have been around the U.S. for decades.

They don't increase your electricity bill. They don't consume near the amount of water that they're claiming they do. It takes a lot more water to keep a golf course green than what we're talking about here. And they create jobs, local economy, tax revenue, jobs, high paying career jobs for people. Well, President Trump is saying the claim that AI is going to take over the world is a hoax, just like global warming, where everyone was going to be dead by now. Russia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, the impeachment hoax one, impeachment hoax two. These are all radical left.

And Democrats who never give up but seldom win. Hopefully the voters have seen the light. The president is right about all of this. And everything you do, your iPhone, your computer, your TV, you need a data center. It just is what it is. China announces yesterday. Now we have about 5,000 of them. China's about 500 of them. They're not stopping. And it's fascinating that all the people that are most outspoken on this issue, almost to a fault, they're all saying the same thing. And that is, we need a deal. We need a deal with China.

You know, a joint U.S.-China regulatory regime or a deal with Western European nations or allied nations, NATO nations. I don't trust them. I don't trust Canada. I don't trust Western Europe. I don't trust Russia. I don't trust China. You know, my friend Barry Farber, who was one of the great pioneers of talk radio, God rest his soul, had a great line. You know, there's never been a country in the history of mankind that accumulated more power than the United States of America and abused it less. And I've added to it, not arrogantly. You know, there's never been a country in the history of mankind that's accumulated more power, abused it less, and used it for the advancement of the human condition more than the United States.

So if, you know, if somehow naively, and a lot of these kids are young, I'm not bringing this kid on to beat him up on the program. That's not my intention. But he is talking about human extinction. And I know he believes it because there are people that actually believe it. But that's not where, you know, when you see Barack Hussein Obama involved in telling Democrats to make it their top campaign issue, you need to start paying attention. When Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate all AI, you need to start paying attention, you know, because we would just lie to spectacularly about an issue called COVID, remember?

I mean, I never had more pressure put on me personally to tell you, my audience, things that I was not qualified to state, nor did I even believe. And yet the pressure was brought to bear big time on me, the show, my TV show, me personally. And threats that, you know, another boycott, as if I haven't dealt with 400 boycotts throughout the course of my career in radio and TV. Yeah, I've dealt with them. And yeah, they've all failed, thanks to all of you, because you all defended me. And I'll never forget the time that, you know, what was it?

What was the name of the company, Linda? We ended up spending a fortune with them. Well, people started dropping them from their windows and taking baseball bats and golf clubs and shotguns. It was Keurig coffee maker pulled off my show. I didn't even know about it. And yet all of a sudden online it goes viral. Everyone's taking their Keurig machines and they're dropping them three stories and smashing them. And they take out golf clubs and smash it. And they take out baseball bats and smash it. And then they put it, you know, in a place where they can shoot and they're blowing holes in it.

And I felt so bad after it. And then all of a sudden the company got the message. They wouldn't take my phone call. I tried to call them. I don't even remember what that particular boycott was about. But we've had so many attempts to silence me and cancel me over the years. But you've made it possible that that doesn't happen. So we tried. Anyone that could prove that they ruined their coffee machine. How many did I end up buying? I bought.

A ton of them. I remember they wouldn't even give us a discount. They wouldn't give me a discount. No, they did. The guy there. They did not. They did. They did. They ended up giving a discount. The guy was super cool. He got super involved with what was going on and he was great and super helpful. But you didn't get it directly from the company. We bought it through a retailer. Oh yeah. No, I got it through a retailer. I got it through Bed Bath & Beyond.

Well, they were cold. And thank them. I didn't know we got a discount. So, I mean, these moments come. What was the promise of COVID? That if you get the shot, you take the jab, you'll never get COVID. You'll never infect other people. Lie, lie, bigger lie. And then, of course, you know, all the Fauci emails and all the information and all the truth that he was spewing behind the scenes, the opposite of what he was telling us, they knew. They knew. Just read Rand Paul's book on this. That, in fact, NIH money went to the...

eco health alliance and they funneled money and they knew where it was going to the wuhan virology lab which everybody was completely knowledgeable about in terms of gain of function research and also uh coronavirus research oh i wonder where that came i probably came from a wet market in a bat no never came from that they knew it they lied you know oh the borders closed borders secure how many times did biden harris mayorkas lie to us uh joe biden is not a cognitive mess they lied then too all democrats lied the media lied they are abusively biased and corrupt and and just unbelievable And so, you know, this is the environment in which we find ourselves now having to work. And, you know, you want more lies? The Obamacare. Keep your doctor, keep your plans, save money. None of those promises came true. Social Security lockbox. None of those promises came true. Unholy Alliance, teachers unions and Democrats. Yeah, the highest amount per capita per student. They get the best contracts and they have the worst results in the industrialized world. We pay more than anyone else. The worst results.

And then the government will promise you everything. Why do people put their faith and hope? This is the problem. Global warming. Remember, first, it started as the coming ice age. How do I know? Because you can go back and look at the cover of Time Magazine and Newsweek Magazine, the coming ice age. And then the predictions of Al Gore that the snow caps on Mount Kilimanjaro are going to be melted. What other? Well, Manhattan by now was supposed to be fully, completely underwater because of the sea levels rising to such an extent. None of the predictions came true. And he's still out there spewing his nonsense. First, it was global cooling.

a global freeze, and then it was global warming, and then they just came up with generic climate change. Just how many more times are we going to be manipulated and lied to? And so count me as a skeptic right out of the box, because the claim that AI is going to take over the world, and the president said it's a hoax like global warming, and just like Russia, Russia, Russia, impeachment one, impeachment two, I think the president's right. So we got this guy that's predicting that, in fact, this is all going to take place. And I want you to hear the other side. It's not meant to be a hostile interview, but, you know, let's see why this person would trust. What they're telling us and advising us to do is to create some type of an alliance with China. I don't trust the Chinese. Sorry. Fact. You know, people say, well, you're going to the state dinner with President Xi? I'd rather be shot.

I don't know. Am I allowed to say that? I don't even really mean it literally. I just have no interest in going to state dinners. No interest in the hanging out part. I have an interest in winning the election. That's what I care about. I noticed that David Sachs had one simple question for Dario Amodi. And it's about, you know, I think Frontier AI is going to end humanity. Why are you running Frontier AI, the company? If you don't think you can make it safe, you should either shut it down or step aside and let somebody else lead it.

Now, I'm not saying that there isn't some danger associated with it. I use AI every day. I do. And I am mesmerized by its capacity. There's nothing that you can't search. I use Grok myself, which is Elon Musk. Now, there's also another factor here. Because we're hearing a lot from the AI executives themselves. Well, I think there's a little bit of self-interest for all of them. And I'm not criticizing. I'm very fond of Elon Musk, but he's a business guy and he wants to win. And I don't blame him for wanting to win.

How do you have any type of, all right, we're going to trust the Western Europeans that are so embedded in climate alarmism that they've spent trillions of dollars and they've abandoned any form of independence when it comes to energy. And they're getting a lot of their energy from Russia and the Russians and Putin hate Western Europe, as we can see in the conflict with Ukraine. And what I've always said, what if he threatens to cut off the spigot and boom, they're done, you know, but for us, you know, they've neglected national defense individually as countries. They've abandoned it as a continent. They've adopted.

Climate alarmism, radical socialism. They've had unfettered illegal immigration without any assimilation. You know, now we're going to go into a deal with them? No, because they're going to be lecturing us on the need to follow their lead. No, thank you. There's only one country I trust to do this right and do it morally, and that's going to be the U.S. And if it does take a certain amount of government involvement, it needs to be minimal because the upside of artificial intelligence as of today is incalculable.

I talk to people, I've said it a million times in the medical community, the advancements we are making to detect cancer that cannot be detected by the human eye and the best medical minds in the country are exponentially beneficial to longevity and health and wellness and fitness. And it's going to be a game changer. And they're saying if you want to live to 100, you're going to be able to live to 100. And cancer could be, because of artificial intelligence, completely eradicated in the next five to seven years. And I talk to these people all the time. That's what they tell me. I'm not a medical doctor. It's like I wouldn't tell you to take the jab. It's like I wouldn't tell you not to take any of the remedies out there.

Poor Joe Rogan. I threw everything I had at it and I got better. Oh, how dare he say he took hydroxychloroquine, monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin. Took it all, got better. Okay, how about, I'm glad you're okay. I don't want anyone else to die from COVID. Good grief. 800-941-SHAWN. I did not mean to go on that rant, but that's coming up in the next hour. Then Newt Gingrich is coming. We have dropped a podcast with Newt today. Linda, you gotta watch it. You're gonna love it. You will love it because you love Newt. You like Newt more than me. I do. You do. It's a true story. You do like him more than me. I love that man. I didn't ask that. You like him more than me. I love Newt Gingrich. You're in my top five though. You sound like a liberal.

Nah. Do you like him more than me? Just a little bit. Like not enough to cry about, but maybe I feel insulted. The answer is yes. That's so insulting. All right, listen, you can, your car can be a spy. You may not know this. Now pay close attention. You have no idea that your personal information is being sold all over the place for like next to nothing. I'll give you a true story. A guy's car insurance jumped over 20%. No accidents, no tickets. So he started digging in to find out, well, who, you know, how did this happen? Who reported him? It was his own car. Every hard break, every fast merge, every late night.

taco run his automaker logged it all sold it to a data broker the broker sold it to an insurance company he requested the file hundreds of pages and then general motors just agreed to pay 12.75 million dollars to the state of california over the exact same thing and these other creepy people can buy your information for as low as two bucks the lesson your information personal information are being sold by these data brokers and they're not just selling your home address they're selling your your habits your phone numbers that's why you need and i use incogni it's an online service it forces these data brokers And people search sites to delete your information. I'm using it every day now. Incogni has scrubbed me from dozens of sites so far. Just go to their website. It's Incogni. I-N-C-O-G-N-I. I-N-C-O-G-N-I dot com slash Sean. S-E-A-N. You get 60% off. I-N-C-O-G-N-I dot com slash Sean. Get your information so it's no longer for sale. Your phone number, your addresses, your previous addresses, where you work. No. These weirdos are buying that information for two bucks. Protect your identity.

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Are you okay so far? I don't know yet. How am I doing? We'll get your reaction first. What's coming up next?

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Their website is the letter T, number two, letter T.org. The letter T, the number two, the letter T.org for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. I'm not going to make that big a deal about this. I can tell you that, and maybe we'll bring it up with Newt Gingrich today. We have talked about this a lot. And Victor Davis Hanson, another smart, bright, brilliant conservative. I've talked to President Trump about it. And I'm just telling you.

they all agree with what I'm about to say that I know might piss some of you off. And that's okay. Linda thinks I do a better show when I'm angry. I disagree with that assessment. I don't even know what she's talking about, to be very honest. I think I'm about to piss her off, but I'm just going to speak a simple truth. Are there people that I'm going to ask this audience to vote for that are not my favorite? Yes, the answer to that question is yes. Are there weak, rhino Republicans that have nothing like Donald Trump's spine of steel? Mm-hmm. Yes, they are.

However, this is where Linda loses her mind. If we don't vote for them, then we are stuck with the government we deserve. This election is in 49 days. Unless somebody can call this show and educate me, and I'm open to hearing from you. 800-941-SHAWN is our number. And tell me that there's one Republican that would support this insane...

Shred the Constitution, DSA agenda. Yeah, am I saying you're doing it more for your country than for any one individual congressman, congresswoman, senator? You're not doing it for them. As far as I'm concerned, this election is about the country. I'll go through the DSA agenda later in the program because I want all of you to be able to recite it from your memory and have it in the forefront of your minds so you can tell your friends and neighbors and family and coworkers, etc. I reject the notion that there's a uniparty, which some are saying.

Yeah, I'm very disappointed in many Republicans. I can name them. There's no point. All I can tell you is that this is the biggest existential, radicalized, liberal, leftist, socialist, communist party that's ever existed. And here's the big danger.

is maybe you live in a state like Ohio, the Buckeye State. Maybe you're a bulldog and you like the bulldogs and you're from Georgia. You vote for Sherrod Brown in Ohio, you vote for John Ossoff in Georgia, or you vote for Roy Cooper in North Carolina. I'm telling you right now, you might as well be voting for El Syed, six-gender telefrico, or Troy Jackson, Graham Plattner 2.0 in Maine. There's not a dime's worth of difference between any of them. And the silence has been deafening. There's two parts of this story about the radicalization of the Democratic Party. Point one.

is that we have 250 elected people since 2019. We've got over 40 of these lunatics, and they are crazy. Their stated agenda shreds our Constitution. I don't know a Republican that supports shredding the Constitution. Now, you might say to me, I'm pissed off about the SAVE Act. So am I.

I agree with you. Now, I have good news on that front, is that Mike Johnson has figured out a way through reconciliation to get the main points of the SAVE Act into a reconciliation bill, which would only require 50 votes in the Senate, as long as it has to do with spending. And there is a spending factor to all of this. But I'll give you another reason why. You know, the borders are secure because Donald Trump is president, and we have, albeit small, majorities in the House and Senate.

Donald Trump, you know, I've gone through his list of successes over and over on this program. He doesn't get credit for any of it from the liberal media. And, you know, I have a whole page full of successes of Donald Trump, and I've gone over it time and time again. And immigration is not a single illegal that has been released into the country in 15 months. I mean, we have for the first time, the U.S. had a net negative migration in 2025. They stopped more than 10,000 narco-terrorists, individuals with ties to narco-terrorists in the country. They arrested more than 10,000 gang members. They're finding known terrorists in the country. The president signed the Halt-Fentanyl Act, which, and then designated over 10 Latin American cartels as terrorist groups, like Trendy Aragua, MS-13. The U.S. murder rate last year hit its lowest level in 125 freaking years, following the largest drop in violent crime in American history.

And then this year, we're even getting better results. 2026, violent crime down 10.6%, murder rate down another 23%, rapes down 18.6%, nine of the 10 FBI's most wanted. I'm watching Cash Patel. He'll be on Hannity tonight. Nine out of 10. The Biden administration got four of the top 10 in four years on the military. Recruitment, about the highest in 15 years, 103%. You know, DEI, gone.

you know, military bases, return to their rightful names. We have, we achieved last year record domestic oil and gas production, exports of crude oil and petroleum products, record high. We opened hundreds of millions of acres of oil, gas, et cetera. The president's played a role in peace around the world. We will get to an end with Iran. It's going to happen. It's been slower than we want. Fair enough. Well, we're getting there.

We're bankrupting them. President declared we have two sexes, male and female. He can debate Talafrico all he wants. You know, the president banned funding, sponsorship, promotion of chemical or surgical mutilation of our minors. These are not minor issues in this day and age. He ended un-American indoctrination of kids by terminating federal support for any gender ideology or equity curriculum.

He started this whole Maha movement, although he's not the best example in his real life, but you're not supposed to know that. More deregulation than any other president. Most favored nation, pricing agreements with all the largest drug makers in the world. I mean, why should these socialized medicine countries get cheaper rates than we get? You want to get the fat shot? You can get it at the lowest price. The largest tax cuts in the history of the country. No tax on tips, overtime, social security. You know, the Trump savings accounts for kids. Kids will have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars by the time they cash it in.

You know, $11 trillion in committed manufacturing money in this country. We're going to make semiconductor chips, so we're not dependent on foreign entities, pharmaceuticals. He brought back automobile manufacturing. I mean, do you see what's happening? I'll give you another example. Nobody saw this economic news that just, it's a miracle. New census income data today came out. Hispanic, I got this from Steve Moore. Hispanic and black poverty in America, an all-time low. Incomes for the lowest 25% rose to the highest level ever. Median income rose to $87,600, most ever. They're all complete reversals from Biden.

Now, you're saying to me, well, Hannity, I don't like my congressman. He's a rhino. Well, then I don't like him either. I'm with you. But I'm just telling you, if he's not supporting the DSA agenda, then that means that Donald J. Trump gets to continue his agenda unencumbered by endless investigations and impeachment. Now, at the end of the day, we're going to get the government we deserve. So, I'm just, I'm just...

I put that out as an admonition. Do you want to vent and yell at me on behalf of the audience? Go right ahead, Ms. Linda. You have one minute. No, I mean, we have a 1-800 number. I'm sure they're going to handle it just fine. And I think what you're, listen, I think what you're missing and what I continue to say to you is one very clear point. It is not about the fact that we think or believe that the Republicans believe the same things that the DSA lunatics believe. The problem is that the Republicans are not doing anything to counterbalance or bring up or fight back in any way that you're speaking in broad general. You have to say, no.

I'll say specifics. What have they done to enforce more at our border? Donald Trump passes laws. Donald Trump asks for things and then nothing happens. We're only now hearing that Comer's trying to find out more about Ilhan Omar's marriage to her brother. Not a single illegal allowed into the country in 16 months. I'm not talking about who's allowed in. I'm looking about who's getting kicked out. Time to go. It's not happening. You're wrong because the numbers are well. Please tell me. The numbers are now approaching 4 million and that includes those that have been deported and those that have voluntarily.

self-deported with the help of Donald Trump's administration, which I thought was a brilliant idea. Some people criticized it. I think they were wrong. So then when we look at the people that are allowing the Haitians to stay, when we're looking at the people like the Lawlers of the world that are passing the continuing access to the Affordable Care Act, when we're looking at the Brian Fitzpatrick's of Pennsylvania that allow the Haitians and the access to the Affordable Care Act, when we have so many Republicans... Lawlers in a Democratic plus three district. That's a fact. What does that mean? It means that it's either... It means he can't be a Republican?

If you want to be an independent, if you want to be purple, then say that. That means it's either him or you get DSA. That's your choice here. But that's my point to you. If you're going to vote like a Democrat, I'd rather have a Democrat than have a purple that isn't really doing what I need anyway. Record this and put it on a loop because you will rue the day, as my mother used to say. No, I won't. There are people that are amazing. Tim Burchett, amazing conservative. Jim Jordan, amazing conservative. Senator Paul, although I don't agree with him on what he believes as far as the existential threat, I understand. But I love him on Fauci and he fights on Fauci. So I'll take it all day, every day because that is a pandemic that is fake news. All day, every day. I'm all about it.

But you make the argument of the Union Party, and I'm telling you why you're wrong, and I mean this respectfully, is if they're not supporting this crazy, that would take over this country and shred our Constitution. That, to me, trumps, no pun intended, any other consideration in this election. If you're not going to support that and those people, we still need them. whether you like it or not, because if you're not in power, it's going to be never-ending investigation, a screeching halt to all the progress that I just listed, that in spite of these people that you don't like, got accomplished because of Donald Trump and the force of Trump, the force of Trump will be able to overcome, and especially if we increase the margin somehow, some miraculous way, and we'll talk to Newt about how to win in 2026, then I'm telling you right now, it can be a year where this country, you know, does not go backwards. I am telling you the consequences. All right, I will read it now, and I'll read it many times during the show today, because I can't take it.

Well, let me ask you one question. Hang on. They will shred the Constitution. One question. Who went on a five-week vacation? Did Republicans go or did they stay and work? Okay. There's not one Republican running that supports eliminating the U.S. Senate, eliminating our chances. Can I finish? Eliminates our chance to choose a president that would pack the courts, that will offer abolished borders and amnesty for illegals. Not one.

abolish ICE, not one, defund the department of war, not one, end all deportation, not one, eliminate cash bail, abolish prisons and police, not one, even the biggest rhino, establishing a wealth tax, the Green New Deal, cradle to grave communism, or public ownership of corporations. Now, if you can find me a Republican that is standing for that, I will say vote against them. I'm telling you right now, the biggest problem that we have. Sure, I'm sure that I can. Tell me. Because they're all making backroom deals. I don't have it off the top of my head. I'm giving you the purple Republicans. I am telling you that they may not speak out and they may not say that they support the DSA. Then don't vote for him and you get what I just read. We're not going to get that because people do or don't vote for Republicans. We're going to get that because they do or don't vote for the DSA. We either keep the majority. We're not keeping the majority. I'm saying to vote against shredding the Constitution. That's what's at stake here.

They took five weeks of vacation when they could have been working. You just fixate on that. I'm not fixated on it. What American takes five weeks of vacation? You ignored every single solitary success that Donald Trump has had. Donald Trump is a star, but he can't do it with feckless Republicans, which we have in abundance. He did all of that with a few feckless Republicans. He did all of what I mentioned without them.

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