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Tech News
Former President Barack Obama said he does not view artificial intelligence with alarmist pessimism, positioning himself between AI optimists and doomsayers. He aligned with a cohort of liberal politicians who advocate cautious oversight of AI development rather than either unchecked growth or outright fear-driven restriction.
Barack Obama told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a Democratic fundraiser that Democrats need a defined plan on artificial intelligence, urging the party to launch a public conversation on the technology if they retake the House majority. He warned that AI's rapid development in private hands could be dangerous without oversight, but said it could also bring major benefits like accelerating drug discovery.
Jacob Stokes, a former Obama national security official now at the Center for a New American Security, published a report titled 'Superpowers and AGI' urging the US to prepare drastic responses if China reaches artificial general intelligence first. His proposed options range from cyberattacks to sabotage AI systems up to kinetic military strikes on physical data centers, which he acknowledges carries the highest risk of escalation.