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George Soros launches attack on Chinese president Xi

Billionaire describes use of AI to control citizens as ‘mortal threat’ to open society


George Soros launched a searing attack on China’s president Xi Jinping, singling out advancements in artificial intelligence in the hands of repressive regimes as a “mortal threat” to societies around the world.

In a provocative speech, the billionaire philanthropist and proponent of open societies said China was not the only authoritarian regime in the world but it was the wealthiest, strongest and technologically most advanced.

“This makes Xi Jinping the most dangerous opponent of open societies,” he said.

Mr Soros referred to China’s social credit system designed to judge a person’s trustworthiness, saying that if it was to become operational, it would “give Xi total control over the people.”

“Since Xi is the most dangerous enemy of the open society, we must pin our hopes on the Chinese people, and especially on the business community and a political elite willing to uphold the Confucian tradition,” he said.

Mr Soros has often used his Davos appearances to warn of dangers to the rules-based democratic world order. Last year, he took aim at tech platforms. On Thursday evening, he said his aim was to call attention to the Chinese threat. He called for an American response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which he said was designed to promote the interests of Beijing rather than recipient countries.

Donald Trump was notoriously unpredictable, said Mr Soros, but the US government had rightly identified China as a strategic rival.

“Declaring China a strategic rival is too simplistic,” he said of current US policy. “China is an important global actor. An effective policy towards China can’t be reduced to a slogan. It needs to be far more sophisticated, detailed and practical; and it must include an American economic response to the Belt and Road Initiative.”

ST48410 έγραψε: ↑

24 Ιαν 2019, 23:55

Το ότι έχει δίκιο σε αυτό το ζήτημα σημαίνει κάποιου είδους γενική δικαίωση;

ΥΓ. Είναι πολύ μικρός σαν μέγεθος οικονομικό, επιρροή ή οτιδήποτε άλλο για να πετύχει κάτι ουσιαστικό έναντι της Κίνας

Τρίκαλος έγραψε: ↑

24 Ιαν 2019, 23:58

Γραφεις για ανοιχτές κοινωνίες αλλά παράλληλα αποκαλείς αρχηγό αυτόν που τις οραματίζεται. Δεν βρίσκεις κάτι το αντιφατικό σε αυτό;

“Since Xi is the most dangerous enemy of the open society, we must pin our hopes on the Chinese people, and especially on the business community and a political elite willing to uphold the Confucian tradition,” he said.

Northern Spirit έγραψε: ↑

24 Ιαν 2019, 23:45

Θεωρει τον Xi τον πιο επικινδυνο αντιπαλο των ανοιχτων κοινωνιων..

Northern Spirit έγραψε: ↑

24 Ιαν 2019, 23:45

Donald Trump was notoriously unpredictable, said Mr Soros, but the US government had rightly identified China as a strategic rival.

Beria έγραψε: ↑

24 Ιαν 2019, 23:53

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