Robert Reich: Rallying For The Future Of Humanity And A Safe AI – OpEd
Let me stipulate five things:
First, Artificial Intelligence is a tsunami bearing down on human beings at a remarkable speed.
Second, AI has the potential to make life on this planet better in many ways, but if unregulated, it could do terrible things, including ending human life altogether.
Third, huge sums are being spent on AI by governments (especially the U.S. and China) and by private tech corporations.
Fourth, the incipient AI industry has already become a major political force in the U.S., supporting candidates who pledge not to regulate it and opposing candidates who intend to regulate it.
Finally, the Trump regime and its puppets in Congress don’t want to regulate it. That’s partly because the regime and its puppets are rife with corruption and conflicts of interest. Several key officials have personal investments in AI and want it to be as profitable as possible.
Now, given all this, I think we should all be grateful that at least one prominent AI corporation — which has developed one of the most successful AI systems — is requiring that any purchaser of it agree not to use it for doing bad things. Specifically, it is prohibiting users from utilizing its........
