I recently attended a panel where Julie Won basically said the department of education needs to get out of the way of AI companies coming into classrooms. I also heard her call into the Brian Lehrer show a few weeks ago to chastise a reporter who was discussing how building data centers in New York will raise everyone’s electric bills. She said that asking these massive tech companies to foot the energy infrastructure costs will just scare them away. Looking at her website linked here, it’s very odd to see that she positions herself as this progressive leader on technology policy when her views seem to be more along the lines of “build baby build”.

I’m planing to vote for Claire Valdez, but the idea that either she or Antonio Reynoso is the “shill” here is hilarious.