A Berkeley AI professor makes a provocative argument for decelerating AI research (opens in new tab)

Welcome to , Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of up to receive this newsletter every week via email Why Emma Pierson’s essay is causing such a stir Emma Pierson’s The Atlantic, “I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast,” has naturally stirred up strong opinions in the artificial intelligence community this week. The accelerationists on X, in particular, seemed triggered by it. Pierson is an AI researcher who teaches machine learni...