SILICON VALLEY / LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – The race for artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley has opened a new ideological front. While some developers are seen as missionaries who want to advance humanity, others are seen as mercenaries who are primarily interested in financial gain. This dichotomy is reflected in the current dynamics of the tech industry.
Today’s daily deals at Amazon! ˗ˋˏ$ˎˊ˗
In Silicon Valley, the epicenter of technological innovation, the race for artificial intelligence (AI) has opened a new ideological front. The actors in this area are increasingly divided into two camps: missionaries and mercenaries. While some claim to be developing AI to serve humanity and promote national interests, others focus on commercial applications that primarily promise financial gains.
Deedy Das, partner at Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, describes the current situation as a shift towards a more commercially oriented mentality. The passionate developers who once dominated are increasingly losing ground to those whose main focus is big money. This development is further reinforced by the huge salaries that companies like Meta offer their AI engineers. Such salaries, which can reach up to $200 million, have sparked a veritable ‘mercenary hysteria’.
Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, is at the center of this controversy. The introduction of features like ‘Vibes’, which allow users to scroll through AI-generated videos, has been criticized by some industry leaders as trivial and unforward-looking. Critics like Shyam Sankar of Palantir Technologies argue that such applications do nothing to solve the major challenges of our time and only further fuel the growing anti-AI movement.
The US government under President Trump has so far pursued a policy of low regulation of AI companies in order to promote innovation. But this attitude could quickly change if technological advances lead to public discontent. Meanwhile, it remains difficult to clearly classify companies as missionary or mercantile, since many founders want to both solve significant problems and get rich. Still, some tech luminaries are trying to distinguish the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ players in the AI race.
*Order an Amazon credit card with no annual fee with a credit limit of 2,000 euros! a‿z
Bestseller No. 1 ᵃ⤻ᶻ “KI Gadgets”
Bestseller No. 2 ᵃ⤻ᶻ “KI Gadgets”
Bestseller No. 3 ᵃ⤻ᶻ “KI Gadgets”
Bestseller No. 4 ᵃ⤻ᶻ «KI Gadgets»
Bestseller No. 5 ᵃ⤻ᶻ “KI Gadgets”
Please send any additions and information to the editorial team by email to de-info[at]it-boltwise.de. Since we cannot rule out AI hallucinations, which rarely occur with AI-generated news and content, we ask you to contact us via email and inform us in the event of false statements or misinformation. Please don’t forget to include the article headline in the email: “Missionaries vs. Mercenaries: The New Battle for Artificial Intelligence in Silicon Valley”.
The post The new battle for artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley appeared first on Veritas News.
