Former President Barack Obama has warned about the danger of artificial intelligence, although Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said he wasn’t convinced AI will slow down.
“The old saying is, ‘the greatest motivator out there is fear,’” Concha said Monday on Fox Business’s Varney and Co. “And we see now a leading Democratic midterm campaign launch with this talking point around, obviously, ‘AI could kill us all.’”
Some AI tech giants have expressed concern over artificial intelligence heading down a dangerous road.
“We could lose control of the future to AI,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday. “This is unacceptable; we are unapologetically on Team Humanity, and AI must always serve people. To ensure that, we need ways to ensure that alignment and safety techniques stay ahead of progress in model capabilities.”
Concha said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a bill, “The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act.” Sanders reportedly pushed for a sense of urgency to get these provisions signed.
The bill would prohibit any person or entity from developing artificial superintelligence that can “match or exceed human cognitive performance and capabilities across a broad range of domains or tasks,” or overthrow or undermine the U.S. government, according to the text.
“All right, put your money where your mouth is,” Concha said. “I want to see Barack Obama’s portfolio; I want to see Bernie Sanders’s portfolio, for that matter. Because I can guarantee you that more than a few Democrats are probably invested in this type of AI stocks.”
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Concha said AI will be a $3 trillion industry by 2032. The U.S. is predicted to lead and generate the highest value in this market, according to Statista.
“Until I see people actually scale back and not make money off of AI, the way they have over the past several years, then I’m not going to be buying anything that anybody is saying because there’s just too much money to be made,” Concha said. “And when there’s money to be made, people aren’t going to suddenly start regulating themselves.”
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