Rowland Manthorpe

Rowland Manthorpe on Anthropic, Waymo & AI Coverage

Sky News' Rowland Manthorpe joins from SXSW, where he interviewed Waymo's chief product officer about the London launch and edge cases like emergency services interacting with driverless cars. He argues Anthropic is less an "ethical AI" company than an ideological one with firm positions, such as on China, and likens the AI market to cloud computing where multiple players can win, while keeping open the possibility that AGI could be different. He also discusses media coverage of AI, warning against hyper-focusing on safety scares or dismissing AI like the metaverse, and compares riding a Waymo to the quiet life-changing utility of a rice cooker.

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