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AI Fortunes Are Reviving an Old Debate About Private Power
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Prominent AI researchers and founders are increasingly pledging significant portions of their future wealth to charity. This trend raises questions about the influence of private wealth on public policy and social programs.
David Silver helped lead the AlphaGo breakthrough at Google DeepMind and now runs Ineffable Intelligence, a startup pursuing advances in reinforcement learning. His newest wager is financial as well as technical: Silver has pledged to donate the proceeds he receives from any eventual sale of the company to charity.
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