Members phkrause Posted November 29, 2023 Members Share Posted November 29, 2023 Tech titan's warning Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt at Axios' AI+ Summit in D.C. today. Photo: Eric Lee for Axios Eric Schmidt, the billionaire former Google CEO, laid out a "simple rule" for Silicon Valley during my interview with him at our AI+ Summit in D.C. today: "Don't fire a Steve Jobs." Why it matters: The tech luminary was referring to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who he called a "genuine hero." Altman's firing — in many ways — mirrors how Jobs left and later returned to Apple before turning it into a Big Tech powerhouse. "These founder CEO types are unusual, they're incredibly valuable and they change the world." In Schmidt's mind, Altman wound up empowered after the board's botched firing — and OpenAI will move faster. Once the OpenAI staff showed loyalty to Altman with a mass open letter, Schmidt said, the outcome was inevitable: "How much more feedback do you need?" 🔎 Zoom in: Schmidt said he's optimistic that AI will offer vast benefits, Axios managing editor for tech Scott Rosenberg writes. "I defy you to argue that an AI doctor or an AI tutor is net negative. It's got to be good for the world." 👀 Key moments from the summit: Schmidt: Guardrails "aren't enough" ... Senate debate surprise ... AI book recs. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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