Chapter 17
THE OPENAI SUMMIT - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
The summit was timely. What was supposed to be a strengthening of unity in Clair Hilton’s ongoing efforts to promote altruism in AI development, a subject that most of the tech leaders ignored, now had a new focus. Since the targets of the EMP attack were the most prominent companies leading the development of artificial intelligence, their leaders decided to attend and address the crisis together.
Clair stared up at the Washington State Convention Center, took a deep breath, and crossed Seventh Avenue heading toward the complex. Clair had done the math.
The commercial efforts of artificial intelligence development proceeded along several tracks: selling more advertising to consumers while pitching mission statements like “don’t be evi
