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Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated that Europe faces a difficult choice regarding artificial intelligence: reject the technology and miss out on economic growth, or adopt it and rely heavily on tools created by the US and China. The ongoing global debate surrounding AI safety further complicates this strategic dilemma for the continent.
WHY IT MATTERS
Europe faces a strategic economic dilemma over whether to adopt AI and risk dependency on foreign powers or reject it and fall behind in growth.
Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bearEurope’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The head of the continent’s central bank, Christine Lagarde, said Europeans have two options: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent on tools developed by the US and China.The great debate over AI safety that has erupted in recent days threatens to make the choice mo...
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