Kamala Harris voices concern over "risks and harms" of unchecked AI

Former Vice President Kamala Harris raised concerns about the “risks and harms” of unchecked AI while speaking at Fortune MPW.

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00:00I believe there's an incredible amount of power that the consumer has right now

00:04as it relates to what's happening with social media

00:06and our concerns in particular of how it's impacting our children.

00:11And I would ask you to think about in the work that you do

00:15that we figure out ways to increase the information the consumer has

00:20about the future of AI, both in terms of all of the good that it can do

00:25but all of the risks, because I am concerned.

00:28I'll just give a short version of it.

00:30I am concerned that when we think about the risks and the harm,

00:35again, on the other side of the ledger is great things,

00:38but on the risk side of it, I am concerned that the industry itself

00:43is not going to handle it.

00:47I don't think the motivation is really there in terms of the industry as a whole.

00:52There are some, but not most.