The founder who sold the startup that would become Amazon’s Alexa called Big Tech ‘apex predators’ and says that’s why everyone is scared of AI

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“Do you know why you’re all afraid?” AI pioneer Igor Jablokov asked the audience at Fortune’s CEO Initiative in Washington D.C., during a discussion about responsible development of AI. “It’s because Big Tech are apex predators.”

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00:00 Do you know why you're all afraid?

00:05 Because big tech are apex predators.

00:08 Okay?

00:09 Just let that sink in.

00:10 You can't go anywhere without an ad beaconing at your face or social media.

00:16 The senator's remarks were spot on.

00:19 Before trying to figure out how to regulate this, there's lower hanging fruit that we

00:23 need to tackle as well.

00:25 So I predict that there's going to be a backlash back to safety, back to content that you trust,

00:31 systems that you trust and things of that sort, because at least then whatever we're

00:34 talking about here in terms of what your values are and how you want to govern yourself and

00:39 the communities that you operate in, then at least you have some control over it.

00:43 That's what's going to end up happening.

00:44 Igor, would you mind sharing your background and what you do?

00:47 Yeah.

00:48 I run an enterprise AI company called Prawn.

00:51 Prawn was Alexis' code name because my last company was Amazon's first AI-related acquisition.

00:56 Alexis, my older sister's name, which is a coincidence.

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