U.S. President Donald Trump slammed on Sunday what he called as "very negative forces" calling for a slowdown of artificial intelligence development by leading AI labs, noting that "whoever wins AI wins."
"I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up, and they're bringing up things that won't happen," the U.S. president told reporters during a visit to Ireland.
He said he wanted to make sure that the U.S. remains the industry leader, despite the risks and AI-related incidents in recent period.
"We're leading China in AI. We're the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins," Trump told reporters when asked if the AI industry should slow down or be more regulated.
"We could put guardrails. We can do this and that. But I think you have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up and they're bringing up things that won't happen."
