The Guardian (September 1)
“At this point, it should be clear that AI is a choose-your-own-adventure book where every option ends in disaster.” Despite the growing consensus that we need “to slow down, regulate or even put all of this on pause while we wrap our minds around it,” individual nations are “incentivised to run this foolish race,” The EU alone can pause the insanity. “The future of all chip-based technology is wholly dependent on ASML. A straight ban on exports of ASML’s machines would force the global AI industry to in effect tread water, to jog in place.”
Tags: AI, ASML, Ban, Chip-based technology, Consensus, Dependent, Disaster, EU, Foolish race, Future, Incentivised, Insanity, Nations, Pause, Regulate, Slow down
Bloomberg (October 25)
“China’s economy risks slowing faster than global investors realize as President Xi Jinping’s push to cut its reliance on real estate and regulate sectors from education to technology combine with a power shortage and the pandemic.”
Tags: China, Economy, Education, Investors, Power shortage, Real estate, Regulate, Reliance, Risks, Sectors, Slowing, Technology, Xi
Fortune (August 12)
“As many in the United States and abroad are watching as tensions grow with North Korea, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk issued a warning about artificial intelligence,” urging followers to keep their priorities straight. Musk pointed out that AI was riskier than North Korea and “also warned that artificial intelligence should be regulated the same way anything that could pose a danger to the public is.”
Bloomberg (November 19)
“As the rest of the world looks for ways to rein in high-frequency trading, Japan is making a mistake by letting it expand unchecked.” High-speed trading accounted for nearly half of TSE trading last year, but officials have done little to examine or regulate high-frequency trading. In contrast, stricter rules are being implemented overseas in Europe, the U.S. and even China.
