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.