Former Google CEO Schmidt's Controversial Remarks on AI and Silicon Valley

TapTechNews August 15th news, former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt's speech at Stanford University yesterday sparked huge controversy. In addition to causing controversy by saying that Google employees think 'working from home is more important than winning', when talking about the future development of artificial intelligence, he blatantly stated that AI startups can first steal intellectual property (IP) through AI tools and then hire lawyers to deal with legal disputes.

Schmidt took the short-video platform TikTok as an example, claiming that if TikTok is banned, anyone can use AI to generate a similar application and directly steal all users, all music and other content (MakemeacopyofTikTok,stealalltheusers,stealallthemusic), and quickly go online. If the product becomes extremely popular, the entrepreneur just needs to hire a lawyer to solve the legal problem; if the product fails, the theft behavior is not that important. He even said that this is how Silicon Valley operates.

Schmidt once served as Google's CEO, and as a senior figure in Silicon Valley and an investor in many startups, his remarks will undoubtedly raise public doubts about the moral bottom line of tech giants.

TapTechNews noticed that currently Stanford University has deleted the relevant video. Schmidt earlier told The Wall Street Journal that he'misstated the Google work schedule' and requested the deletion of the video.