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White House tech chief slams EU AI Act, champions Trump's approach as Davos begins (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Going into this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the White House’s top science and technology adviser, Michael Kratsios, signaled some chilly conversations with European leaders may lie ahead on the topic of artificial intelligence and the way it is regulated.

“I will continue to point out to my tech minister counterparts the ways they can create a regulatory environment to allow AI to thrive,” Kratsios told NBC News, “to make sure they’re not getting ahead of themselves with overburdening regulations, like the EU AI Act, which are an absolute disaster.” For Kratsios, the Trump administration’s light-touch approach to AI regulation is the winning formula.

"There’s been an A-B test for decades on how you lead in technology, and it’s very obvious what the recipe is,” said Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and one of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence advisers.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

As long as you're ok with helping the U.S. destroy democracy and speed up the establishment of an authoritarian global surveillance state (privately owned of course) for your real boss and the people that pay money to listen to him rant about the antichrist, what he's saying isn't unreasonable.

He's always believed that a country's values are baked into technology. That's why nobody needs regulations.

However, if you think that collecting data to improve facial recognition tech didn't really justify intentionally spreading misinformation about masking during COVID, then you might not be interested in slurping the kool aid he's so generously ~~threatening~~ offering.