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Microsoft President Brad Smith recently spoke about AI in an extensiveinterview with EL PAIS.

While AI has many worthy uses, it’s also used for cyberattacks.

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Brad Smith has repeatedly pushed for regulation of AI and reiterated his points in a recent interview.

Regulating AI

Smith has said several times thatMicrosoft should help drive regulation over AI.

He reiterated that sentiment and drove the point home with an analogy.

Specifically, Smith touched on the European AI Act and similar legislation in the United States and United Kingdom.

Microsoft Brad Smith

Brad Smith has repeatedly pushed for regulation of AI and reiterated his points in a recent interview.

While Smith values regulations, he warned of “onerous administration that would drive up costs.

Smith covered this toward the end of the interview.

He added that buses and trains have emergency brakes, so a similar concept makes sense for AI.

Two chatbots, one weak, one strong

Microsoft President Brad Smith called for an emergency brake on AI.

Its like every Terminator movie and about 50 other science fiction movies.

What does that tell you?

Who guards the guardians?

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I don’t know many arguing against having at least some level of control and regulation over AI.

But the age-old question of “who guards the guardians” remains.

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