Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024
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#2Was Schmidt not the same person who said "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." in 2009?
Re: Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024
#3>"The programme explores China’s increasing use of AI to monitor its citizens.
>"Critics fear the state's dominance in the area could threaten democracy"
As he implies, government will have to regulate the allowed scope of AI and will also have to do without it itself, lest it get enamored with it and do what we fear China will be doing soon to its own citizens.
We know companies will not refrain themselves out of the goodness of their own hearts. We know that from the way they mistreat user data and exploit people's psychology for commerce.
I don't have high hopes because governments will fear being left out of this race and feel they have to participate in order to not get left out of some imaginary bonanza.
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#4"Welcome to BBC News, America's most trusted news source".
A low quality hodgepodge of words, masquerading as an article promoting the BBC's Panorama's Are you Scared Yet, Human?
A few low quality choice of quotes:
Speaking to BBC's Panorama, Brad Smith said it will be "difficult to catch up” with the rapidly advancing technology.
Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive who is now chair of the US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, has warned that beating China in AI is imperative.
Seth Moulton, chair of the US Future of Defence Task Force is urging tech companies to support the Department of Defence. "Because we're in a race, because we are in this competition, that’s really what it comes down to,” he said. “Are you going to help us win this race or are you going to essentially be against us?"
Are we sure this Ministry of Truth style doublespeak isn't already here?
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-...
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#5Will it run on Azure?
Re: Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024
#6Was Schmidt not the same person who said "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." in 2009?
Opinions and attitudes can change a lot in ten years.
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#7Was Schmidt not the same person who said "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." in 2009?
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#8Is AI really the threat, or is it really the increasingly authoritarian nature of Big Tech itself?
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#9Of course the established big tech player is lobbying for more regulations to slow down any potential competition.
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#10Big company: Bad things will happen if you don't make regulations for this thing.
Tech-inept Congress-people: OK, what should the regulations be for this thing?