Meta exec and former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister compares AI fears to past ‘moral panic’ over video games—and bicycles

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A Meta exec has moved to quell public fears about the capabilities of AI, calling it a “moral panic” akin to past fears about everything from video games to the bicycle. 

Meta’s president of global affairs Nick Clegg warned against premature calls for regulation of the technology, the Times of London and the Guardian reported, speaking ahead of the landmark AI Summit being hosted at Bletchley Park in the U.K. The summit is expected focus on mitigating the potential harms of AI.