The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial
Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valleyâs use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development As
Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valleyâs use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development As the huge societal ramifications of artificial intelligence have become clear, some of the tech industryâs most senior figures have taken to writing thinkpieces on what comes next.
The latest to do so is Mark Zuckerberg, who this week published 6,500 words making the case for a laissez-faire approach to AI development. Worrying too much about regulation, Metaâs CEO unsurprisingly opines, could lead to the United States falling behind in the race to own the future.
Mr Zuckerbergâs plea for maximum autonomy is, of course, self-serving. Much of his essay which airily envisions âinvention superpowersâ for every entrepreneur and âan abundance of jobs in the futureâ â reads like unadulterated tech-utopianism. But the lobbying at least has the merit of being out there in the open.
As midterm elections loom in the US, darker arts are also being used to counter popular concern about what AI will mean for a host of topics, from the labour market to child safety, the environment and cybersecurity. Continue reading...
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