Do you have a favorite Kwik Trip, thanking A.I. costs millions and Wisconsin government starts work — 5 months later with UW-L’s Chergosky

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio talking whether people have favorite Kwik Trips, our politeness costing A.I. companies millions but will it ward off The Terminator in the future, plus Wisconsin politicians are finally getting to work — five months after election.

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We began the show there, with why the Wisconsin Legislature sat around for the first five months of the year — it also will take the last nine months of next year off.

Then we got into a very Wisconsin, a very La Crosse debate: Do you have a favorite Kwik Trip? 

After that, we talk about the politics behind WI Republican legislation to make it harder to receive unemployment benefits.   

Lastly, the A.I. conversation, which starts off with how we’re more polite to our chatbots, our smart speakers, than we are to each other, and how that’s costing companies tens of millions of dollars — but also has giant environmental implications.

Plus, the dilemma that if we’re not polite to A.I., will they send the Terminators after us once they take over the world.

But then we get back to WI politics and how both Republicans and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers are about to have an A.I.-off in crafting the state budget. Republicans need utilize A.I. to create a veto-proof budget, while Evers will use it to find ways to manipulate the budget.

But that brought up another question: Should politicians be allowed to use A.I. to write laws or shape budgets?

All this stems from Evers using the veto pen to create a 400-year school funding plan that enraged Republicans during the last budget. Now, both sides may look to weaponize A.I. in some weird budget-veto duel.