Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
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Silicon Valley technology leaders are struggling to understand why society increasingly opposes artificial intelligence, despite their attempts to diagnose the problem. A significant portion of the world is not optimistic about the AI technology being built, but recent efforts by major CEOs to address this backlash suggest they misunderstand what is actually driving people's dissatisfaction. The gap between what technology leaders think people dislike about AI and what people actually object to remains a central problem as the backlash against the technology grows.
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