The most terrifying thing about Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on Tuesday before a special joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees wasn’t anything he had to say about privacy, or the mishandling of millions of users’ personal data, or creepy Russian advertising in the 2016 presidential election.
In fact, on those questions, the Facebook CEO was often vague to the point of frustration. He apologized for his company and claimed to be open to regulation, as long as it’s the “right kind.” Whatever that means.
No, the most frightening part of the hearing was Zuckerberg’s utopian exuberance for artificial intelligence to solve a vexing, age-old problem.
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