California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research

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There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?

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"AI may cause the most dramatic and sustained economic boom of all time."

AI will make the world "way wealthier" and lead to a "productivity boom."

AI is an "amplifier of human intelligence" and will help the economy thrive.

AI will enable "universal high income" in place of "universal basic income."

"AI may become the heart of future economic growth in the coming decades."

AI harms could include "disrupting economies."

AI could "disrupt job markets."

"AI and technological unemployment" are the "biggest problem we face" from an "economic point of view."

"The moment superintelligent AI emerges, the human economy will end."

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Google and the state of California announced on Thursday that they had reached a five-year deal worth nearly $250M to support local journalism and AI research.

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Approximately $110M will be provided by Google as well as $70M by California fund journalism programs, while Google has also committed a further $70M towards an AI research program. The deal is to begin in 2025 and will see $100M in funding in its first year.

The agreement means that previously-ongoing bills in California's State Legislature attempting to charge social media and technology companies in order to fund local media will now be shelved.

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While AB 866, the California Journalism Preservation Act, required online platforms to either pay a set annual compensation fee or participate in an arbitration process to fund digital journalists, SB 1327 mandated a 7.25% tax on advertisement data deals in excess of $2.5B.

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A press release by California Assembly member Buffy Wicks, who had authored one of the bills, described the deal as a "first-in-the-nation partnership," noting that the US had lost two-thirds of newspaper journalists since 2005.

Google, California Agree to Five-Year Deal to Fund Journalism and AI Research

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Google, California Agree to Five-Year Deal to Fund Journalism and AI Research

The Controversies

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Ng

LeCun

Mitchell

Li

Bengio

Musk

Altman

Hinton

Amodei

Yudkowsky

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Altman

LeCun

Musk

Bengio

Mitchell

Harris

Russell

Tallinn

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