Today, the President of the Italian Republic, in a public speech, said that one of the main problems of AI is its impact and the concentration of overwhelming power it generates in the hands of a few.
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Today, the President of the Italian Republic, in a public speech, said that one of the main problems of AI is its impact and the concentration of overwhelming power it generates in the hands of a few.
He’s not a tech guy, but even he is pro-OwnYourData. We should invite him to the BSD Cafe.
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@stefano He is absolutely wrong.
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@seuros why?
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@stefano The problem with this argument is that it turns AI into a boogeyman instead of addressing the actual causes of concentration.
If the concern is that a handful of companies hold too much power, then the solution is not another speech about fear. The solution is creating conditions for alternatives to exist: funding research, supporting open standards, investing in digital sovereignty, promoting open-source software, and encouraging citizens, universities, and public institutions to participate in innovation.
He is the President of a G7 country. He has a platform capable of launching national initiatives, bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs, and communities around technology. Instead, the public message becomes "be afraid of AI because a few companies are powerful."
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