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Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said.
  • Andrew Ng told The Australian Financial Review that tech leaders hoped to trigger strict regulation.
  • Some large tech companies didn't want to compete with open source, he added.
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Restricting open source offerings only drives them underground where they will be used with fewer ethical considerations.

Not that big tech is ethical in its own right.

Bot fight!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Restricting AI would require surveillance on every computer all the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh sure to totally get rid of it, but taking it off GitHub would get rid of 90%

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All that will happen is it will get shared around TOR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then we'll need an AI running in ring -10 of every CPU to make sure you don't run some unlicensed AI...

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