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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)

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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] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if human military leaders are stupid enough to give AI free and unlimited access to weaponry, rather than just using it as an advisory tool and making the calls themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Part of the reason of "adding AI" to everything, "dumb AI", is to reduce reaction times and increase ~~obedience~~ mission completion rates. Meaning, to cut the human out of the loop.

It's being sold as a "smart" move.