ZNzniturah·Aug 19, 2024
Full transcript is available on GitHub:
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4 sourcesIt's hard to tell if what Eric Schmidt was saying was a joke, an observation, or a recommendation.
One interpretation from the context of the transcript seem to be "AI can make/steal stuff and manual intervention (lawyers) can clean those up later". Another interpretation from the context of Eric Schmidt being a savvy businessman is that people should go ahead and solve all the technical challenges first, and everything else can come later because if the technical problems aren't solved successfully, the other things won't matter. I can't tell if he is mostly responding to the room or not.
This whole transcript[1] is more than 10k words, everyone will probably find an interpretation from random snippets that matches their perceived reality.
[1] https://github.com/ociubotaru/transcripts/blob/main/Stanford...
In Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to 'clean up the mess'A transcript can be found here: https://github.com/ociubotaru/transcripts/blob/main/Stanford...
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