- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
In August, Solomon announced the government had signed an agreement with Cohere to identify where “AI tools can improve public services.”
Cohere’s reported connection to the U.S. AI firm Palantir increases the alarm. Led by MAGA funder Peter Thiel, Palantir sees the Canadian company’s models being deployed to Palantir customers, possibly including U.S. defence and intelligence agencies.
Wanting to fall behind the rest of the world is a good thing when the rest of the world is charging mindlessly towards a cliff.
If you think all AI use is off a cliff you’re ignorant.
Throwing trillions at it? That’s bad. Exploring adoption and growing industry here? That’s pretty reasonable.
That doesn’t require a Minister of AI, it doesn’t require massive data centre approvals or incentives, and it definitely doesn’t require a permissive regulatory environment that insulates AI companies from liability for harms caused.
So… throwing trillions at it is bad, but I’m not following the part where you implied I’m potentially ignorant. Do you, or don’t you, want to fall behind one of the main countries that is throwing trillions at it, which you admit is bad? Is letting ourselves fall behind and proceeding very cautiously not reasonable? Did we not weather the 2008 financial crisis with much the same attitude?
Instructions unclear, got afraid of falling behind and accidentally tied my much smaller economy with a very sturdy rope to a country that is soon to be falling off a cliff.