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Michael Kratsios: “The previous administration...were maniacally obsessed with…”

Featuring: Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science Advisor to the President | National

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Unpacking the White House AI Action Plan with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios

Published | Video Starts at 08:56

… think is important to message is that we cannot allow the evaluation of these risks to be the dominant driving force of our artificial intelligence strategy and policy. And unfortunately, The previous administration...were maniacally obsessed with existential risk. And they believed that the government's sole purpose in life was to minimize that and everything else didn't matter. And that manifested itself on its complete assault of the AI industry through Biden executive order. (08:56–36:56)

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