Eric Schmidt, who helped Google from a Silicon Valley startup to a global heavyweight, appreciates more than anyone the generation’s strength in the fashion world. But some things also scare him.
Speaking Sunday at the TIME100 Leadership Forum in Singapore, the technologist, entrepreneur and co-founder of philanthropic base Schmidt Futures said “you don’t have to worry about the killer robot. “He makes a smart movie, but “we’re not builders. “It doesn’t work.
However, it is involved in the misuse of artificial intelligence to help build things in the real world. “I think in the next five years algorithms will come out that will allow very, very bad viruses to be combined,” he said. told TIME editor John Simons. La COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the social and economic effect of a global health crisis. In the wrong hands, Schmidt warned, such characteristics can cause something much worse.
He also warned that he opposes replacing human-led decision-making with AI systems in crash scenarios. “The challenge in cyber warfare is that it’s imaginable that AI gets it wrong,” he said. For the same reason, using automated systems in floor warfare can simply be catastrophic for human life, he added.
When it comes to misinformation and destructive content, the former Google CEO said it’s very important for social media corporations and governments to work together, but he has doubts about the effectiveness of regulation alone. “Regulators only have one tool,” he said, a tool that is not suitable for dealing with “complicated” tech corporations. This leads to a “mismatch” between lawmakers’ intentions and what corporations can achieve, he said.
On the other hand, tech corporations should not be left entirely to their own devices. “The challenge with self-regulation is that, at the end of the day, what drives is revenue, so make the wrong trade. “he said.
But despite the demanding situations of balancing the genere’s strengths and risks as it continues to grow, Schmidt said he is “mostly optimistic” about the future. “We’re going to end up reducing the value of intelligence because it’s going to be so much more,” he said. “And I challenge them to challenge [the benefits of] that: making the world smarter, with more data, more ideas, more planning, more innovation. “
The TIME100 Leadership Forum, held at the National Gallery in Singapore, brought together CEOs and other business leaders from around the world to discuss what their platforms are like to build a bigger world. Speakers on the occasion were: DBS Executive Director Piyush Gupta; Sandhya Sriram, co-founder and CEO of Shiok Meats Group, a Singapore-based farmed seafood company; Neo Gim Huay, Director General of the World Economic Forum’s Center for Nature and Climate; Ari Sarker, President, Mastercard Asia Pacific; and Neeraj Aggawal, President of BCG Asia-Pacific.
Immediately after the Leadership Forum, the TIME100 Impact Awards were presented, with the participation of actress and producer Alia Bhatt; PC geneticist Dr. Pardis Sabeti; Gregory L. Robinson, former program director of the James Webb Space Telescope; and singer and actress Lea Salonga.
The TIME100 Leadership Forum and TIME100 Impact Awards in Singapore were produced through TIME in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore Tourism Board, Mastercard, BCG and Concha Y Toro.
—With Amy Gunia reporting from Singapore