Divining what the Russian President Vladimir Putin really thinks has implications not only for his country but for the future of the rest the world. Recently, Putin has been expressing some feelings about artificial intelligence that have both intrigued and puzzled observers.
AI came up in Putin’s September 21st conversation with Arkady Vorozh, the head of the Russian tech giant Yandex, during a tour of the company’s headquarters. As Vorozh explained the potential of artificial intelligence, Putin seemed to show ambivalence towards its positive intentions, asking when will AI “eat us”? [1]
[1] By Paul Ratner on Big Think