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Looking at the actual (published, not so secret) list of participants, I think it's interesting that: - some people are included who I think most people think
by abeppu 3y ago
Looking at the actual (published, not so secret) list of participants, I think it's interesting that:
- some people are included who I think most people think of in terms of what they _used_ to do (e.g. Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt)
- though it's under the Chatham House rule and is being called "secretive", they have a number of journalists / news editors on the list
- though AI is on the agenda, this year (unlike some prior years) it doesn't look like they have any actual AI researchers qua researchers. Demis Hassabis is on the list, but given the rest of the list, one suspects its for his CEO/leadership role rather than as a researcher specifically. In previous years, Bengio and Lecun have been involved. And this year there are professors / fellows, but all in econ or public policy fields.
https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2023/participants-2023 https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2023/par...
- VagueMag 3y agoI got an email from a recruiter for Eric Schmidt's startup incubator. Two things it was working on was programmable money (think CBDCs with all sorts of power to fuck with how you can spend your money) and "turning human capital into an alternative investable asset class." He's also well known as an outspoken advocate of converting Western militaries into fully amoral murder drones.