[yahna]

> Discussing the issue, Pichai deploys the vocabulary of an apologetic CEO that’s become de rigueur in Silicon Valley since last November. He says the word “thoughtful” 13 times and “deeply” (feeling, listening, en

I'm reminded of the BP CEO on South Park. Not that he's actually anything like that guy, it's just what comes to mind.

> Pichai’s solution to the gnawing problems of fake news and illicit content that slip through Google artificial intelligence is, no surprise, more artificial intelligence

Of course it is. What do they say the definition of insanity is again?

> has stirred general alarm about AI; he thinks computers that make their own decisions and are smarter than people could enslave humanity.

at least google isn't saying this.