Horowitz: Google and Microsoft push for centralized Chinese-style AI control
Ben Horowitz · Politics & the Future of Tech · Apr 2, 2024 · at 1:24:54
Ben Horowitz criticizes tech giants Google and Microsoft, arguing their regulatory proposals favor restrictive, centralized control over artificial intelligence.
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“Like we go to the China model that Google and Microsoft are advocating for this Chinese model of only a few can control AI. We're going to be in big trouble.”
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