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Eric Schmidt: ‘Europe doesn’t have an AI strategy. If it doesn’t invest heavily, it will end up using Chinese models’ (english.elpais.com)
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Disclaimer: I don't particularly like Eric Shmidt. He is shady as fuck.

https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

But he is also smart as fuck and a huge donor to science, including european science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt

This isn't a rich dumbass like Trump. It's always interesting to listen to him.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ah, Eric Schmidt, billionaire and former CEO and chairman of Google, he is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

He lead the US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

He has drunk the entire bottle of the AI juice.

If I had 53 billion USD available, I would develop my idea of a system for cleaning the great garbage patch rather than whining about AI.

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 40 points 2 days ago

This is why you aren't a billionaire. You aren't a sociopathic husk of a human.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wrong. Your ego would grow to fill your wealth. And at that size of a wealth, it defines you.

So your wealth is your highest priority. Can't go about wasting it on others, no no. That's someone else's job. You're just sad you can't live forever to enjoy gathering more.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I don't believe I would, many years ago I made a decision to always try and make sure people remembered me as kind and a good person, even store clerks and similar service jobs I interact with.

I think that if I had access to that kind of wealth, I would start looking for my legacy and build something positive for people to remember me by.

Now, I realize that as an IT guy, it is exceedingly improbable that I will ever get into that kind of wealth, but one can dream.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I don't think that's how it works. The people who do not have the greed at some point are content.

It's a mental abnormality that causes some people to act like cancer and consume resources obsessively.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, there are a lot of people who feel like they have enough.

I just don't think those people ever reach the billionaire level.