The White House announced a plan to crack down on artificial intelligence on Thursday - amid growing concerns over the advanced technology possibly replacing humanity someday - naming Vice President Kamala Harris as "AI Czar" in charge of the new initiative.
Harris, who has the lowest approval rating of any modern vice president, will lead the initiative as AI czar, with a $140 million budget, the White House said.
"Vice President Harris and senior Administration officials will meet today with CEOs of four American companies at the forefront of AI innovation," the Biden administration explained.
Harris is meeting with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to discuss how potential risks involving AI can be reduced.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also reportedly expressed concerns over AI becoming so advanced, that it surpasses human intelligence and begins to think independently - no longer listening to humans, and even becoming a sentient, human-hating species.
Musk was among more than 1,000 AI experts to sign an open letter calling for a six-month halt to AI development while risks are considered.
A former researcher at OpenAI who worked on the ChatGPT AI Chatbot recently claimed on a podcast that if AI reaches "Human level" thinking, the human race approaches "a 50/50 chance of doom."
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