Obama says AI can't be 'stuffed back in a box,' calls for regulation

Former US President Barack Obama said he is neither an AI 'accelerationist' nor a 'doomer' and urged US authorities to proactively draft laws and regulation. He said voluntary standards from a few tech companies are not enough.

• Obama called AI lab leaders' agreement to slow development a 'good first step'
• He said he believes neither in techno-utopia nor inevitable human extinction from AI
• The former president backed the Blueprint project linking Democrats with the industry
• Obama urged Washington to pass laws on safety, jobs and children