Josh Hawley is a Republican senator from Missouri. He rails against what he calls "transhumanism", a purported belief among the tech elite that humans should use AI to enhance their physical and cognitive abilities. "Americanism and the transhumanist revolution cannot coexist," he warned at a conservative event in 2025. He sits within the paleo-conservative faction of the MAGA movement, which sees artificial intelligence as a threat not just to work but to the soul.
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