As artificial intelligence continues to grow, so do calls for strict regulation. Famed journalist and author Kara Swisher joined TheStreet to discuss the urgent need for ai regulations in the tech industry.
Full video transcript below:
SARA SILVERSTEIN: For everyone, not just the media. Is there a company or person in the technology sector that you think is really dangerous right now?
KARA SWISHER: No, I don't think so (dangerous is the wrong way to do it). I call Mark Zuckerberg dangerous only because he is unfit for the task of the responsibilities that fall on his shoulders. Or he stood on the shoulders. No, he is not dangerous. It's okay, it's okay. There are dangerous people who are going to use ai just as they have used the Internet for the last decade. You know, some are very explicit like Donald Trump and some are very implicit like the nation states that want to create Discord.
So I would look more at malevolent players than anyone else. That said, what's really dangerous is that our Congress can't pass antitrust or privacy laws or ai guidelines. We have to do it because this is the only industry in history that does not have significant regulation that provides safety barriers. They just don't do it. They can complain all they want about other regulations, but every industry, the automobile industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, however imperfect, has regulations that specifically govern them. This not.
