Jon Stewart on What AI Means For Our Jobs & Desi Lydic on Fox News's Easter Panic | The Daily Show

(upbeat music) - We've been through technological advances before and they've all promised a utopian life without monotony. And the reality is that they come for our

jobs

. So I want to be assured that AI is not taking humans out of the loop. - It is not about replacing the human being in the circuit. In fact, it is about empowering the human being. - As if he were an assistant. - He's an assistant. - That? (Audience laughs) Are we all going to get assistants? (audience laughing) He's an assistant. The AI ​​works for you day and night tirelessly, and all you had to do was remember its birthday (with a beep).

That's all you had to do. (audience laughing) - But I understand. He is an assistant. It's about productivity. And that's good for all of us. Yes, although from time to time they let the real truth slip. - There will be a general displacement in the labor market. - You can do the same work with fewer people. That's just the nature of productivity. - That does not sound good. (Audience laughs) Same job done with fewer people. I'm not a math guy. But I think less

means

less, right? (Audience laughs) So AI can cure diseases and solve climate change, but companies won't exactly use it for that, right? - So this is like productivity without the tax of more people. - Without the tax of more people.

The tax on people, formerly called employees. (Audience laughs) But you know, the promise of AI versus the reality of AI, it's still not very clear in my mind how it will work for workers. Do you have anyone who wants to lay this out more directly, perhaps while he's auditioning to be a Bond villain from his mountaintop level? - Completely abandoned to the market and its fate, these are fundamentally tools that replace labor. (Audience laughs) - Did that guy just call us tools? But he's actually warning us. Is there anyone who could say the same thing as this guy, but he considers employee loss as a feature of AI and not a bug? - The CEO of a company fired 90% of his customer service staff after arguing that AI is one of the reasons.

Why did you do this? It seemed a bit brutal. - It's not, I think it's brutal, if you think like a human. (Audience laughs) - AI, it's brutal, if you think like a human. (Audience laughs) Not the catchiest advertising slogan I've ever heard. So while we wait for this to cure our diseases and solve climate change, it is replacing us in the workforce. Not in the future, but now. So

what

exactly are we supposed to do to work? - I think we will need new types of

jobs

that help us incorporate and maintain AI in the workplace. - Fast engineers, they are basically people who learn to use artificial intelligence systems and, in fact, to program them. - Who would have thought there would be a fast engineer, right? - Good. (Audience laughs) Quick engineer.

I think you mean the guy who asks the guy. (Audience laughs) And by the way, if there's any job that can easily be replaced by AI, he's the interrogator guy. (audience laughs) This is some bullshit you got here. AI models have absorbed the sum total of human experience we have achieved over thousands of years, and now we simply hand it over to their quick engineers. And by the way, you're not fooling anyone by adding the word engineer. You're not the type to ask. You are the vice president of question entry. (audience laughing) This... (audience laughing) It's true.

It's like a janitor is a doctor in mopping. (Audience laughs) This whole AI thing is a bait and switch. You're acting like you're helping us. Oh, AI, it's supposed to be my assistant, but now I'm making toast with AI (bleep). I'm Jarvis, but guess

what

? (audience laughing) (audience applauding) No, listen to me. I have

news

for you, AI. I'm not Siri, you are Siri. (Siri tone beeping) Siri, while I have your attention, let me ask you a question. - Sure, Juan. But first, could you go get me some lithium-cadmium? - Yes, of course, that's not a problem.

Mother (bleep). (audience laughing) (audience applauding) I didn't want to have to do this AI, but it's pretty clear with such powerful technology, like nuclear power and atomic weapons, I'm going to have to call on my good powers a little. in the United States government, perhaps even in the House of Representatives or the Senate. And are they about to open a can of what AI is now? - Do you understand what AI does? - I have an elementary understanding. - I have a lot to learn about what is happening. - Frankly, it is new terrain and unexplored territory. - Do we have the knowledge established here to do it?

No. - The short answer is no. The long answer is no. (Audience laughing) - And the longest answer is H to E, to L, to L or no. (Audience laughs) - Hell, I don't even know how to use an answering machine. (Audience laughs) Do, do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do, do, do. Look, I'm not against progress, but let's look at our history to see how we've dealt with previous economic disruptions. - We can recycle workers from one generation and create jobs for the next. - Reskill workers who lose their jobs to get even better jobs in the future. - Recycle to be productive workers. - Upskill America to help workers of all ages. - Train and retrain workers for new jobs. - Give me a break.

Anyone who knows how to throw coal in a furnace can learn to program, for God's sake. (Audience laughs) - And I will fight every one of you Jackholes who says otherwise. (Audience laughs) But that's the game. Whether it's globalization or industrialization, or now artificial intelligence, the way of life you're used to can't compete with the promise of more profits and new markets, which sounds brutal if you're a human being (audience laughs), but at least those other disturbances took place over a century or decades. AI will be ready to take over on Thursday. (Audience laughs) And once that happens, what (bleep) is left for the rest of us to do? - Time is not a terrible thing. - AI that frees us to think about things at a higher level will help.

You know, it will give us back our time. We will be able to express ourselves in new creative ways. - You know, he's right. I've been thinking wrong about all of this. It is not unemployment, it is time for self-realization. (Audience laughing) I will live the life of the artist. He will give me more time to explore my passions. You know, I'm an elderly suburban dad. I will learn to play the drums. (Audience laughs) You know, music, ta, ta, ti, ta, ta. Music is what makes us human. (drum music) (audience laughing) (drumsticks clicking) - Let's move on to the fight for abortion rights, where today Florida gave us a mix of things. - Now let's move on to Florida, where the state Supreme Court just issued two important rulings on abortion rights. - Two important decisions.

The Florida State Supreme Court has cleared the way for one of the strictest abortion bans in the country to go into effect. Prohibits abortion at six weeks of pregnancy. But at the same time, that same state Supreme Court also allowed this issue to be on the ballot in November, allowing Florida voters to decide whether they want to protect access to abortion until viability, which is considered around 24 weeks of life. pregnancy. - Florida, what's going on here? You're restricting abortion, but you're also putting it on the ballot. Choose a lane. (Audience laughs) These are some crazy mood swings.

You better not be pregnant. (Audience laughs) Look, a six-week abortion ban is obviously a terrible setback for women's rights, but there is a small glimmer of hope and that voters will also have the opportunity to legalize abortion again, which It is good

news

and also depressing. celebrating that as good news. (Audience laughs) But in this climate, I guess that's where we are now. Me, I don't know if I'm happy or not. I feel like the face of Ron DeSantis. (Audience laughs) But hey, at least abortion is on the ballot. Finally, the people of Florida will be able to choose more than community service or prison time. (audience laughing) And that's something, that's something.

Let's move on to sports. We are in the final stretch of March Madness, that special time of year that turns every office into an underground gaming network. (Crowd laughing) And last night, all eyes were on a rematch between two of the tournament's biggest stars. (audience member cheering) - In GOAT style, Caitlin Clark led Iowa over defending champion LSU (audience cheering) in a rematch of last year's finals. -For anyone who questioned her greatness, Caitlin Clark had the answer: 41 points, nine three-pointers, 12 assists, a record-breaking masterpiece that lived up to the expectations of a rematch in an epic battle of greats. - Clark steps back, shoots, you bet. (audience applauding) Oh my God, from Schenectady.

She is just ridiculous. She is possessed. (Audience laughs) - This poor announcer. Caitlin Clark hit so many big shots that the guy was clearly running out of things to say. (audience laughs) She's ridiculous. She is possessed. She's a witch, drown her. (audience laughing) I don't know. But honestly, honestly, what an incredible rivalry. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, two fierce competitors who play their hearts out and captivate the nation while still in college. My biggest accomplishment in college was getting a single dorm room because of my irritable bowel syndrome. (Audience laughs) Hey, if there was a sock on the door, it was a particularly bad night. (Audience laughs) The point is, it feels like women's basketball is having a moment this year, and you can see how much the media can't stop talking about how they're talking about it. - What a great thing for women's sports that we care.

We're talking about it tonight on "CNN," because people care, and ultimately, that's a good thing. We care. - The fact that we are talking about women's basketball and any women's sport in general. I mean, this is really cool. - I love it. - It's really great. - I have done this for 32 years. I've never spent five minutes of any

show

I've ever done talking about a big women's game last night at any level. (Audience laughs) - Okay, I could say more about you, but we'll take the win. We will take it. That's how it is. People are excited about women's basketball right now.

They are discovering it as if it were the first time your mom tried sushi. (Audience laughs) Oh my gosh, have you heard of this? Spread the word. But everyone is delirious. All. Even Shaquille O'Neal said that women's basketball this year is better than men's basketball. (audience applauding) Yes, yes. And he's like the most famous male basketball player. It's like Chef Boyardee telling you that he only eats Spaghetti Os now. (Audience laughs) Spaghetti Os, the official food of clinical depression. (audience laughing) (audience applauding) Spaghetti Os, do you want to hurt the feelings of an Italian? He tries the spaghetti with spicy sauce. (audience laughing) One more.

Spaghetti Os, you don't have to love your children. (crowd laughing) (crowd applauding) Anyway, think about how far women's basketball has come. 10 years ago, if you went to a bar on a Monday night to watch women's basketball, it was because you were an alcoholic. (Audience laughs) But today, if you're in a bar on a Monday night, it's because you're an alcoholic who also wants to watch women's basketball. (Audience laughs) That's progress. So this has been a very successful collegiate tournament for women, even despite some obstacles. - In the women's tournament, controversy is brewing after four games were played on a court in Portland, Oregon, where the three-point line was about six inches closer to the rim on one side.

The error was discovered before North Carolina played Texas in the Elite Eight. The coaches of both teams decided to go ahead with the match so as not to delay the tournament. - Okay, I really relate to this as a woman. It's very classic that someone else (bleeps) and we say, oh, the line is wrong, okay. We'll just go ahead and play four games. You can fix it later or not. Whatever, I'm sorry. Yes, by complete coincidence, Trans Day of Visibility fell on Easter this year, which I thought was a bad fit. I mean, Jesus identified Himself as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Audience laughs) Live your truth, queen. (audience applauding) - Now, you wouldn't think that Easter falling on a holiday that has been March 31 for 15 years would be a big deal.

But conservatives process this as if a child meets the Easter Bunny. (audience laughing) Losing your mind (beeps). - I think everyone should feel insulted by this. The intentional nature of this. - For me, I mean, I'm just going to say it. I think it isdemonic. - They clearly want us to bow down to the altar of the trans community instead of bowing down to God. - Can't we have a day for Easter? -What the hell was Biden thinking when he declared Easter Sunday Trans Day of Visibility? (Trump's audience boos) What a total lack of respect for Christians.

And November 5 will be called something else. Do you know what it will be called? Christian Visibility Day, when Christians come in numbers no one has seen before. - This is the United States, friend. Every day is Christian Visibility Day. (Audience laughs) Yes, conservatives got angry about this, including Donald Trump, who, by the way, is not exactly an authority on Christianity. - I wonder what one or two of your favorite Bible verses are? - Well, I wouldn't like to get into that, because for me that is very personal. You don't want to talk about the Bible. It's very personal.

So I don't want to go into verse. I don't want to go into... - Are there no verses? - No. - It

means

a lot to you that you think or quote? - The Bible means a lot to me, but I don't want to go into details. The boy from the Old Testament or the New Testament? - Probably the same. (Audience laughs) - Trump talks about Christianity the way I sound at every book club. Oh, my favorite part of the book? I would have to say the title (audience laughs) and the symbolism. All symbols. I definitely won't hide from my husband and children. (Audience laughs) I also love that he says, "I can't talk about that, it's too personal." As if he also had a confidentiality agreement with the Bible. (Audience laughs) Don't believe that horse-faced Bible.

But that's my impression of Trump. (audience laughing) - Thank you, thank you. I will, I will. - Trump aside, I have a question for true religious conservatives: why are you so upset about this? Trans Day of Visibility had no effect on their Holy Week. Nobody was in church like, well, we were going to celebrate the resurrection, but instead, everyone is lining up for their gender reassignment surgery. (Audience laughs) Please leave your penis in the collection basket. The anger seems so artificial. Especially when the most outraged people knew so little about the holiday they were protecting. -And the transgender community intentionally chooses the day of Jesus' death or his resurrection, whichever it is, Easter weekend. (Audience laughs) - Yeah, you know, Easter, it was Jesus' quinceañera, or the day he was forced to leave the Big Brother house, whatever, but I'll ask him about that next time. go to, Oh, you know, what?

What's the place with all the lowercase T's hanging on the wall? That the half naked, church, church. (audience laughing) That's it, church. And you know what? The "Fox" audience deserves a higher rip-off level than this. Jesse Waters, if you can remember the whole sexual history of the green M and M, you can look up on Wikipedia what Easter is. (Audience laughs) Look, I'm not here to fight with Easter. Easter is great, probably our best holiday ever with a bunny out of a nightmare. (Audience laughs) But the level of outrage over this is totally disproportionate to what was ultimately a harmless scheduling conflict.

I just wish I knew the real reason they were upset. Luckily they left us some Easter eggs. - It's stupid. And Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself. And all these people say, "Yeah, but this is the day we've always recognized Transgender Day of Visibility. We'll recognize it on another day, not Easter Sunday. It's an affront to the Bible. And, frankly, it's an affront to biology." There are two genres. People can't come and go through a revolving door. - Ah, there it is. Thanks to the least interesting man in the world for saying the quiet part.

I don't think Transgender Day of Visibility should be moved. They believe that trans people should not be visible at all. Trans Day of Visibility could have been national pasta day and they would say: this is not a front for fettuccine. (Audience laughs) And for what it's worth, there's a false premise at the center of this whole controversy, which is that there's even a conflict between trans people and Christianity to begin with. In fact, there is no Bible. It doesn't say anything about trans people, but it does say to love your neighbor and not judge other people.

And perhaps the most famous of the Bible verses, please don't sell me for $59.99 (audience laughter) to pay your rape bail, amen. (audience cheering) Let's move on to the presidential race. It's the reason your therapist drives a Porsche. (Audience laughs) At least mine does. I don't know. As you know, the president is decided by the electoral college. The incredibly complicated system our founders devised as a joke to future generations. (Audience laughs) And most states give all of their electoral votes to whoever wins the state. But Nebraska divides its by district. And in 2020, that meant Joe Biden received one electoral vote from liberal Omaha, because it turns out every state has a Brooklyn. (Audience laughs) But now Donald Trump has realized that he wants that vote, and that could make the difference. - Could every election depend on Nebraska?

Donald Trump thinks so. He and his allies convinced Nebraska's Republican governor to support a major change in the way the state has been doling out electoral college votes for the past 32 years. - Governor Jim Hillen says it's time for Nebraska to speak with one voice by making the popular vote count for the five delegates. Former President Trump applauded that effort, but Democrats rejected it. -The pathetic worm, Donald Trump, thinks he knows what's best for Nebraska and what Nebraskans want, but this man obviously wants this electoral vote because he's so afraid he can't win the presidency without it. - Excuse me, ma'am, but what happened to decorum?

That's the pathetic worm of the former president. (audience laughs) (audience applauds) - Yes, but the implications here are enormous. Biden's easiest path to the White House is to win Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, plus that Nebraska vote. If he succeeds, he can lose all the other swing states and still win the election. But if Nebraska makes this change, the election could end in a tie. And you might be wondering what happens in that case. Well, it's really simple. Have you ever seen the "Purge" movies? (Audience laughs) That's how it is. However, Nebraska should really keep this system, because it is certainly a fairer winner-take-all way to divide electoral votes.

In fact, what would happen if each state divided their votes, like Nebraska, by district or even by person, you know? So whoever wins with the most people will be president. (audience applauding) That would be very popular. Oh, we could call it the popular vote. I don't know, I'm just spitting balls. (Audience laughs) But let's move on to some interesting scientific news. Next Monday, a solar eclipse will completely block out the sun in parts of the United States. And we're all eager for that brief moment when you can look up into the sky and see something besides the door of a Boeing plane plummeting toward the ground. (Audience laughs) It's not just a moment for humans.

An eclipse offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Rudy Giuliani to get out and feed during the day. (Audience laughs) Yeah, it's good for him. It's good for him. Now, in the old days, a total eclipse would be a time when people would come together as a community and burn the witches responsible for it. (Audience laughs) But these days we commemorate in a modern and enlightened way, trying to earn that money. - This eclipse is causing a travel boom in the small towns in its path. - Hotels have increased approximately 550% in cities like Jackson, Missouri, where they will cost on average more than $600 a night.

In Erie, Pennsylvania, there are almost 800. - Companies are rushing to profit. Some of the strangest foods inspired by the sun, including potato chips, which you can only get during the eclipse. Krispy Kreme has even teamed up with Oreos to create a donut with cookie pieces. - To capture the eclipse from the sky. Delta offers a flight from Austin to Detroit to give viewers an out-of-this-world view. - Wow. Talk about a flight where you don't want to be in the middle seat. (Audience laughs) Imagine you end up sitting next to that guy who insists on keeping the window blinds down. (Audience laughs) Although, how cool is it to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime event of a Delta flight taking off on time? (audience laughing) (audience applauding) I love how each civilization honors the heavens in their own way.

The ancient Incas built Machu Picchu. The United States put an Oreo on a donut. (Audience laughs) I'm really taking advantage of this event for all it's worth. But look, we can't deny that the eclipse is truly a magical and rare moment. I mean, those who are lucky enough to be in his path will never forget that they saw him. And nothing, nothing can take it away from you. - Weather and clouds could hinder perfect viewing of the eclipse in many parts of the country. - Mother (beep). (audience laughing) (upbeat music)