Podcast
On with Kara Swisher
It is a personal memoir and part AI history book, that discusses the concentration of power in the private sector versus public sector and the lack of diversity in the AI field. The author also expresses concerns about the immediate catastrophic risks of AI, such as disinformation and job displacement.
In 2018, you wrote, I worry however the enthusiasm for AI is preventing us from reckoning with its looming effects on society.
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It is a personal memoir and part AI history book, that discusses the concentration of power in the private sector versus public sector and the lack of diversity in the AI field. The author also expresses concerns about the immediate catastrophic risks of AI, such as disinformation and job displacement.
In 2018, you wrote, I worry however the enthusiasm for AI is preventing us from reckoning with its looming effects on society.
Despite its name, there's nothing artificial about this technology. It was made by humans intended to behave like humans and affect humans. So we want to play a positive role and tomorrow's road it must be guided by human concerns.
One of my current biggest concern is the extreme imbalance asymmetry of lack of public sector investment in this technology.
In 2015, I was still a nonprofit. What do you think of their decision to move to a capped profit model?
I don't remember. I actually can't tell Larry and Sergey apart anymore. Anyway, but you write that you don't disagree with that quote. The future of AI would be written by those with corporate resources.