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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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[โ€“] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (2 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.

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[โ€“] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 8 points 2 years ago

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

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