... “I think we should be very narrowly focused on the application of AI, not the training of AI models and the operation of AI models,” Aaron Levie, co-founder and chief executive of Box, said at The Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network Summit in New York on Tuesday. Levie added that he was against SB 1047 and the government shouldn’t risk slowing down the pace of AI innovation.
“Right now, we need as much progress as humanly possible,” he said. Levie added that is especially the case since he believes we are still far away from any kind of existential risk from AI - although that is debated. ...
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