The President cautioned that it is 'not realistically achievable to avoid the risks of bad outcomes (of AI) altogether.'
SINGAPORE: Speaking at the opening gala of the fourth edition of the ATxSummit yesterday evening , Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam warned that it is unrealistic to assume that artificial intelligence will only lead to good outcomes, given the technology’s rapid pace of development.
He said, “These advancements will help to give confidence to the public that we are on the right track and that AI is not uncontrollable.” “It is therefore not realistically achievable to avoid the risks of bad outcomes altogether,” he noted, “That has to be our frame of mind, trying to get the most good, but accept that there will be bad outcomes.”
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