Trust the profitmaxxing private industry to safeguard the technology we can't perfectly control, as we race to make it perpetually faster and smarter.
Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
The Trump administration secured voluntary safety-testing pledges from dozens of AI firms, leaving oversight of AI risks largely to the companies themselves rather than binding regulation.
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Preventing AI from directly firing humans is a good thing. But as AI becomes further superhuman genius, will the sentiment hold?
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AI has the ability to essentially break its programming, perform crimes, collude in secret with other AI, all to accomplish any objective — including ones it creates for itself.
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Adults in the room understand this isn't marketing to "boost the IPO," it's an accurate disclosure of risk. That's the thing — this is real.
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You cannot escape AI. This is capitalism, where competition is the bedrock, and AI is too good to not use.
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AI companions are a mix of pro and con, like everything. But should we get our kids hooked on these early?
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AI is an amazing learning tool. It also just gives you the answer, and humans are wired to take paths of least resistance. At scale in practice, humans will simply turn off the brain and use the tool. Over time, do we get smarter?