Blue Press Journal (Washington)
On Tuesday at white house lunch, hosted by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, and reported by The Wall Street Journal, executives from the tech industry including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg roundly criticized Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for speaking truth to power and raising concerns about the existential and socio-cultural risks of artificial intelligence.
Amodei defended his position, taking the side of ethics, and Zuckerberg conveniently presented the public with yet another feel-good tech narrative wrapped up in a “feel safe” package.
This particular Washington, D.C. spectacle is yet another example of how President Trump and his people continue to pursue the wrong course when it comes to AI governance.
By promoting a laissez-faire attitude towards the development of such a powerful technology, not only does the administration ignore Washington Post’s call for “safeguarding against existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence,” but it falls short in its responsibility to protect American citizens.
The most alarming part is that it has been openly stated, that Trump and his team are considering their policies from the perspective of big business and not the average American.
By promoting the trickle-down theory of economics with AI, the administration is once again putting profits before people.
After all, who better to ask about the existential risks of the technology than those who are already at the top of the food chain? And most importantly, what could those who care only about profits possibly have to hide by wanting to stifle the free speech of a concerned executive?
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