#### From the 2024 Cato Club Retreat

## Should We Break the Internet? The Future of Free Speech, Artificial Intelligence, and Why We Should Be Techno-Optimists

##### FEATURING 

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##### [Jennifer Huddleston](/people/jennifer-huddleston)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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##### [John Samples](/people/john-samples)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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