“Democracy-Affirming” AI Could Make Things Even Worse

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AI isn’t just being developed in the relatively free societies of the West, it is also being developed by the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China…. The single greatest risk of AI is that China wins global AI dominance and we — the United States and the West — do not. So writes Marc Andreesen in a blog from June 2023. Andreesen — who has a vested interest in undercutting Chinese firms as one of the largest investors in rival U.S. tech companies — argues that China’s AI is fundamentally undemocratic and therefore evil, while AI that is made in America “will save the world” by giving CEOs, government officials, and military commanders infinitely knowledgeable AI assistants. Andreesen’s view is shared widely across the tech industry and, increasingly, among U.S. government officials responsible for foreign policy, who argue that only U.S. technology leadership can stop the world from descending into a dystopia of AI-powered authoritarianism orchestrated by China. America’s al

Kernel | “Democracy-Affirming” AI Could Make Things Even Worse Issue 3 nonfiction “Democracy-Affirming” AI Could Make Things Even Worse written by Kevin Klyman edited by Elisabeth Siegel art by Lisa Yu Li AI isn’t just being developed in the relatively free societies of the West, it is also being developed by the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China…. The single greatest risk of AI is that China wins global AI dominance and we — the United States and the West — do not. So writes Marc Andreesen in a blog from June 2023. Andreesen — who has a vested interest in undercutting Chinese

“Democracy-Affirming” AI Could Make Things Even Worse

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