White House Dismisses Risks of AI

New York Times: “For Mr. Trump, there is no risk, only reward, posed by the dawning and disruptive new age of computing. Over the past year, the president and his top aides have fully embraced A.I., and showered its leading corporate backers with money and regulatory support, as the administration looks to supercharge one of the primary areas of growth in an otherwise precarious U.S. economy.”

“The administration’s unqualified support contrasts starkly with the more cautious tone struck by economists and even some technologists in Silicon Valley.”