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This page (140) from a House Oversight document (stamped 016360) appears to be a transcript or essay discussing the societal impacts of 'Extreme Wealth' and 'AI and Society.' The speaker defends billionaire philanthropy, specifically citing Bill Gates, the Ford Foundation, and the Sloan Foundation as entities filling gaps left by the government. The text also contrasts US wealth mobility favorably against European hereditary wealth and argues for a data-centric approach to regulating Artificial Intelligence, drawing an analogy between AI algorithms and government bureaucracies.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Bill Gates | Philanthropist / Billionaire |
Cited as the 'most familiar example' of wealthy individuals pledging to give away wealth and taking action where gove...
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| Speaker/Author | Interviewee or Essayist |
Unidentified in this specific page text, but speaks in the first person ('I would worry', 'We need to make oversight....
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Organizations (5)
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| Ford Foundation |
Cited as an organization that bets on things others wouldn't.
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| Sloan Foundation |
Cited alongside Ford Foundation for changing the world for the better.
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| The Giving Pledge |
Referenced in footnote 36 regarding the pledge of wealthy people to give away 50% of wealth.
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| European Union (E.U.) |
Mentioned in relation to setting up a trust-network framework for AI.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (indicated by Bates stamp).
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Locations (2)
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Contrasted with Europe regarding hereditary wealth.
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Described as having entrenched wealth held by families for hundreds of years.
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Relationships (1)
Bill Gates is cited as the most familiar example of those pledging to give away wealth.
Key Quotes (5)
"He’s decided that if the government won’t do it, he’ll do it. You want mosquito nets? He’ll do it. You want antivirals? He’ll do it."Source
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"Actions from outside government by organizations like the Ford Foundation and the Sloan Foundation, who bet on things that nobody else would bet on, have changed the world for the better."Source
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"If you win the lottery, you get your billion dollars, but your grandkids ought to work for a living."Source
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"Without data, AI is nothing. You don’t have to watch the AI; instead you should watch what it eats and what it does."Source
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"The most revealing analogy is that regulators, bureaucracies, and parts of the government are very much like AIs: They take in the rules that we call law and regulation, and they add government data, and they make decisions that affect our lives."Source
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