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Beshear tells Bill Maher communities must be able to reject data centers

Steve Hilton calls for a classroom AI ban, while Kentucky's governor argues for federal oversight and local control over development.

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Overtime with Bill Maher: Gov. Andy Beshear, Steve Hilton

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0:15Beshear and Hilton both support nuclear energy as Maher asks about a proposed Kentucky reactor project.
1:16Hilton proposes replacing California's DMV with services delivered through existing county offices and online.
2:34Beshear calls for federal AI oversight and nonproliferation-style diplomacy with China.
6:24Beshear says communities must be able to accept or reject data centers.
7:11Hilton advocates banning classroom AI; Beshear urges a ban on political campaign deepfakes.
9:43Beshear calls for a stock-trading ban across the federal government.

Steve Hilton wants AI out of classrooms. Andy Beshear wants Washington to oversee it, and communities to have a say over whether the infrastructure arrives in their neighborhoods. Bill Maher's latest Overtime puts those different approaches around the same table.

The post-show conversation pairs Kentucky's Democratic governor with Hilton, the Republican candidate for California governor. They begin on common ground, supporting nuclear energy, before audience questions move them toward the harder question of who should control technological change.

Beshear argues that state-by-state AI regulation cannot contain a risk that crosses borders. "It needs strong federal oversight, because 49 states could do it right, and the one that doesn't could give us the repercussions," he says. He also proposes diplomacy with China modeled on nonproliferation efforts.

Maher questions whether lawmakers, or the public, understand the technology well enough to manage it. Hilton favors safety rules comparable to those applied in other industries, but takes a more restrictive position on schools: keep AI out of classrooms until its proper role is clearer. Beshear identifies political deepfakes as another use that should be banned.

The most concrete dividing line comes when the discussion reaches data centers. Beshear insists that hosting one must be a community's choice: "That locality has to want you. You cannot impose a data center on a community."

Hilton's other proposal is decidedly less futuristic: abolish California's DMV and shift its services to existing county offices and online systems.

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