On gio, 2025-01-23 at 11:29 +0100, alessandro marzocchi wrote: > Concordo: ci vuole un modello di sviluppo europeo ben supportato da politiche > einvestimenti.
Buongiorno a tutti. E' vero, sognare è lecito e comprensibile. Ma in realtà bisogna invece semplicemente prepararsi al peggio, cercando di prevederlo per limitare i danni. Altrimenti significa delirio di onnipotenza.... JM2C. Marco > Cordialmente, Duccio (Alessandro Marzocchi) > > PS > c'è già chi ha mandato Trump a quel paese [1], l'europarlamentare di estrema > destra Anders Vistisen[2] > [1] > https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/01/22/video/anders_vistisen_eurodeputato_danese_insulta_trump_alleuroparlamento-423954612/ > [2]https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124875/ANDERS_VISTISEN/home > > > > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:06:20 +0100 > > From: Guido Vetere <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [nexa] Trump lauds $500BN ‘Stargate’ AI project and > > slashes Biden tech regulations - The Washington Post > > > > C'è qualcuno - namely: Altman - perfino più pazzo di Musk. > > Immaginiamo che spendano tutti i dollari del mondo in un datacenter > > grosso come la Groenlandia (dopo l'annessione). > > Alla fine cosa otterranno? I limiti della ragione, umana o automatica > > che sia, sono invalicabili tanto quanto quelli fisici. > > L'umanità consiste proprio nello stare dentro questi limiti, ed anche > > l'AI è utile finché li rispetta. > > Questo è il momento buono per mandare gli yankee pazzi a quel paese. > > Certo, ci vorrà qualcosa di più di quel ditino alzato che si chiama AI Act. > > Ci vorrà un modello di sviluppo europeo ben supportato da politiche e > > investimenti. > > > > Buona giornata, > > G. > > > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 at 14:25, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Trump’s AI policy moves on his first two days in office and remarks at the > > White House on Tuesday showed him positioning himself as a strong supporter > > of the U.S. tech industry — while turning away from the Biden > > administration’s stance that AI technology requires both support and > > oversight. Biden’s executive order, some of which has been implemented by > > changes at federal agencies, focused on preventing risks such as algorithms > > that spread bias or AI assistants that could help terrorists build > > bioweapons. > > > > > > “AI seems to be very hot,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday. “It > > seems to be the thing that a lot of smart people are looking at very > > strongly.” > > > > > > Trump was joined by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison > > and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son who announced “Stargate,” a joint venture > > that will seek to spend as much as $500 billion over the next four years to > > build as many as 20 new data centers to support AI projects. > > > > > > The warehouselike facilities, stuffed with thousands of powerful and > > electricity-guzzling computer chips, are essential to developing and running > > AI software like that behind ChatGPT. A boom in data center construction is > > straining the power grid in states across the United States as companies > > including Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta have spent billions of dollars > > on new facilities. But AI leaders such as Altman say many more of the > > facilities must be built for AI technology to keep advancing. > > > > > > “I think this will be the most important project of this era,” Altman said > > at the White House on Tuesday. “We wouldn’t be able to do this without you, > > Mr. President,” he said, turning to Trump. Son said that SoftBank decided to > > move ahead with the Stargate project because of Trump’s election victory. > > > > > > The $500 billion doesn’t include money from the federal government, > > according to a person familiar with the project who spoke on the condition > > of anonymity to describe plans that haven’t been made public. In addition to > > the companies creating Stargate, Dubai investment firm MGX, an investor in > > OpenAI, will contribute funding to the project. Microsoft and semiconductor > > manufacturers ARM and Nvidia will provide technology, OpenAI said in an > > announcement. > > > > > > Trump’s industry-friendly first moves on tech policy were not unexpected. > > > > > > OpenAI has been working on Stargate for months, and its CEO Altman had > > been pitching politicians on the idea of a major push to build up AI > > infrastructure a year ago. > > > > > > Prominent Silicon Valley executives and investors, including some who > > contributed to Trump’s reelection, had long railed against President Joe > > Biden’s executive order instituting guardrails for AI technology. > > > > > > Although certain industry leaders like Altman said some regulation was > > necessary, critics said the government would only get in the way of the > > technology’s development and prevent smaller, younger companies from being > > able to compete with more established ones. Months before the election, > > Trump allies were already drafting an executive order of their own that > > would review “unnecessary” regulations and launch “Manhattan Projects” to > > develop military technology. > > > > > > Despite Trump’s more industry-friendly approach to AI, his emerging policy > > is not a complete reversal of his predecessor’s. Biden in the final days of > > his administration directed federal agencies to speed up the development of > > AI data center projects on federal land. > > > > > > Trump said on Tuesday that he supported that policy. “That sounds to me > > like it’s something that I would like. I’d like to see federal lands opened > > up for data centers. I think they’re going to be very important,” he said. > > > > > > Netchoice, a lobbying group with members including Google, Meta and > > Amazon, welcomed Trump repeal of the Biden-era AI rules. “His orders rolling > > back regulations on U.S. energy production and ending Biden’s artificial > > intelligence (AI) red tape wishlist are critical for America’s global > > leadership in technological development,” Netchoice said in a post on X. > > Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. > > > > > > Proponents of AI regulation have argued that it is needed not only to ward > > off potential harms from the technology but also to support its economic > > development and adoption by providing people with confidence that AI is safe > > to use. > > > > > > “A politically-motivated repeal with no thoughtful replacement is self- > > defeating for our country and dangerous for our people and the world,” > > Alondra Nelson, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a > > liberal think tank, who also worked on technology policy in the Biden > > administration, said in a statement. “This will leave the American public > > unprotected from the risks and harms of AI and, therefore, unable to take up > > the benefits it might bring.” > > > > > > Deborah Raji, a Mozilla fellow and AI researcher at the University of > > California at Berkeley, said that the repeal of Biden’s executive order, in > > combination with the Supreme Court curbing federal agencies’ power to set > > and institute regulations last year and Trump’s ambitions to empower > > business leaders, create a “Wild West era” for AI products. “They’re going > > to be empowered to build models and throw them everywhere, without a lot of > > regard to safety,” she said. > > > > > > AI companies have been spending huge amounts of money buying computer > > chips and building new data centers to house them. The surge in data center > > construction has also pushed up estimates for how much electricity the U.S. > > will need to generate to power them, leading to some coal power plants that > > had been slated to be closed to be kept online. > > -- Marco A. Calamari <[email protected]>
