Thoughts about the current and future state of AI regulation and ethical use.
This past year has seen a lot of hype around AI and the perceived dangers. Much of the fear is being driven by the unknown. People who know better than most have propagated some of the fear. I’ve been sharing my concerns for a while, but a couple of recent articles (How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington and Snoop Dogg, sentient AI and the ‘Arrival Mind Paradox’) have compelled me to offer some related context. Also, both those articles are worth reading!
When I joined Microsoft in 2012, AI and the coming revolution of intelligent agents were all the rage. Cortana had yet to be released, but the promise of AI-powered agents was clear as day. Our team, under the leadership of Blaise Agüera y Arcas, was central to this mission. The problem was that AI wasn’t good enough yet. AI was still primarily task-specific, rule-based, and built around narrowly focused machine learning models. Many of our grand visions fell short.
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