To the editor: Columnist Michael Hiltzik is completely proper (“Of course the government should regulate AI, but not the way the AI industry prefers,” Oct. 13). Pharmaceutical firms are regulated, monetary establishments are supervised, information media function below authorized requirements and numerous different actions require authorities and authorized oversight. We’d like referees to guard the general public. Think about asking sports activities groups to referee their very own video games and eliminating official umpires.
Now we have already seen what occurs when industries are left to manage themselves: air pollution, illness and chaos.
Geoffrey Hinton, whose pioneering work as a pc scientist helped lay the foundations of synthetic intelligence, strongly believes the federal government wants to manage the trade. We should always take heed to area consultants quite than politicians — reminiscent of our president — who appear to imagine you may remedy real-world issues just by giving them a brand new identify.
Domenico Maceri, San Luis Obispo
