ByPhoebe Liu,
Forbes Staff.
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rtificial intelligence is like nuclear energy, says Cari Tuna who with her husband, Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz, is one of the most generous philanthropists in the world. Early accidents led to nuclear being “essentially regulated out of existence” in the U.S., stalling the industry for decades, she explains. If there had been more thoughtful regulation earlier, those accidents could have been avoided, and there might have been more room for innovation—and more progress towards mitigating climate change.
“With hundreds of billions of dollars going into making AI more capable, there is immense competitive pressure to push the technology forward as quickly as possible,” says Tuna. “But in order to manage the risks, you need coordination across companies and across countries … as the pace of AI development continues to accelerate, we think it might be hard for society and institutions to keep up.”
