"This A.I. moment that we're living through is a top-down moment. It did not rise up from the grass roots... a small group of really smart people... are now mounting this effort to build it very quickly, deploy it very quickly, without a lot of guardrails."
"When you do give the public a right to weigh in on how technology is deployed, they mostly vote to stop it... people are saying, No, no, no, no, no. We think of all the jobs we'll lose if this technology comes in."
"In the tech industry, that attitude is mostly sort of mocked and dismissed... you're saying, What about the taxi driver?"
Current skepticism towards major A.I. companies arises from a top-down approach, where a small elite controls technology deployment without public input. Many people feel they have no control over A.I. advancements, leading to resistance. Historical examples show that when the public is allowed to weigh in, they often choose to halt technological progress. This is evident in the backlash against self-driving cars, despite their safety advantages, as concerns about job loss dominate public sentiment.
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