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The WEF and AI have a common problem: For many people, the World Economic Forum and AI are a black box. You don’t know exactly what happened or how the answers emerged. Reaction: People react with suspicion or even rejection.
Even OpenAI boss Sam Altman (38) understands this. It was he who started the big AI excitement with ChatGPT. “I think it’s a good thing that people are nervous,” Altman said during a widely watched panel discussion Thursday morning. “So are we. Technology is powerful. A lot can go wrong.”
Rival to technology giants
What helps: build trust. This is where the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Initiative comes into play. This initiative also attracted many people to the stuffy cellar of the AI House on the promenade in Davos in the afternoon. Quite simply, it is about linking Switzerland’s trusted position with the research capacities of our country’s colleges and universities, thereby creating a counterpart to the tech giants that dominate the AI business.
The initiative is primarily supported by two ETHs in Zurich and Lausanne. It is not surprising that, in addition to Ringier CEO Marc Walder, five professors from two universities were on the panel representing the private sector. In a completely un-Swiss way, the Swiss AI Initiative sees itself as a “regional contribution to the solution of a global problem.”
grow together
Professor Antoine Bosselut from EPFL says that currently artificial intelligence is “undemocratic, not reliable and society is not ready for it”. But the recipe: collaboration between universities and industry, open source models where everyone collaborates, and huge amounts of computing capacity in the Swiss mountains.
A description that Sam Altman should also like: “Artificial intelligence and society are now developing together, step by step.” That’s why we want to build trust for a technology that will last.
Source :Blick
I’m Tim David and I work as an author for 24 Instant News, covering the Market section. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, my mission is to provide accurate, timely and insightful news coverage that helps our readers stay informed about the latest trends in the market. My writing style is focused on making complex economic topics easy to understand for everyone.
