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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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[-] elias_griffin@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

"Ng said the idea that AI could wipe out humanity could lead to policy proposals that require licensing of AI"

Otherwise stated: Pay us to overregulate and we'll protect you from extinction. A Mafia perspective.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Right?!?!! Lines are obvious. Only if they thought they could get away with it, and they might, actually, but also what if?!?!

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