An unsettling new book advocates a closer relationship between Silicon Valley and the US government to harness artificial intelligence in the name of national security
Silicon Valley was built on a technological foundation that was laid by the state, and yet its beneficiaries have nothing but contempt for government
... some of the west’s adversaries (Russia, China) are already using this technology against us, and we urgently need to tool up to address the threat. When these thoughts were put to Mr Karp by a New York Times reporter, he replied: “I think a lot of the issues come back to: ‘Are we in a dangerous world where you have to invest in these things?’ And I come down to yes. All these technologies are dangerous. The only solution to stop AI abuse is to use AI.” Hobson’s choice, in other words. ...