Nick Clegg compares AI clamour to ‘moral panic’ in 80s over video games
by Dan Milmo, Kiran Stacey and Hibaq Farah from Technology | The Guardian on (#6G138)
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Nick Clegg has compared the clamour over artificial intelligence to the 80s-era moral panic" over video games, firing a warning shot to international politicians and regulators as they gather for a two-day summit on AI safety.
The former UK deputy prime minister who is now president of global affairs at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta said AI was caught in a great hype cycle" but warned that new technologies inspired a mixture of excessive zeal and excessive pessimism.
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