Time Magazine 2023 "Top 100 Most Influential AI Personalities" includes Audrey Tang and Anthony Huang.

The "Time" magazine in the United States selected the " Top 100 Most Influential People in AI Globally for 2023" on September 8, with Tesla founder Elon Musk, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang, OpenAI founder Sam Altman, and Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang all making the list.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk, listed in the Time 100 AI as the founder of the artificial intelligence company "xAI," which was announced on July 12th this year, is categorized under "Leaders" and did not accept an interview with Time magazine.

The Time 100 AI influential people list is divided into four categories: "Leaders," "Shapers," "Thinkers," and "Innovators."

Time magazine mentioned Musk's past projects in the AI field, including:

• xAI

• Tesla's self-driving cars

• Humanoid robot Optimus

• Neural technology company Neuralink

Sam Altman

Sam Altman, also classified under Leaders, did not accept an interview.

Time magazine believes that iterations like ChatGPT prove that Sam Altman's ideas are currently correct, as humans can quickly adapt to these tools without self-destructing, with GPT-4 being the most powerful large language model in history.

However, the comments also mentioned OpenAI's indirect hiring of data annotators through subcontractors at low wages.

Jensen Huang

Time magazine briefly described Jensen Huang's growth from childhood to the founding of Nvidia in 1993.

The issue of "regulatory clarity" seems not unique to the cryptocurrency and blockchain fields.

Time magazine quoted a report from the Financial Times in May this year, where Jensen Huang heavily criticized the US export control measures imposed by Biden last October, banning Nvidia from selling the latest chips to China. He believes:

If US companies cannot trade with other countries, it will severely impact American companies, and inadequate regulation will also harm the tech industry, potentially further prompting China to develop chip technology on its own. The US must be cautious.

In fact, Nvidia has received a one-year buffer period on bans in China and Russia, but the ban after the buffer period seems to further expand to Middle Eastern countries.

Audrey Tang

Audrey Tang is classified as a "Shaper." The report mentioned Tang's appointment as Taiwan's first Digital Minister in 2022, working to ensure Taiwan's flexibility in digital development while addressing the risks and opportunities AI brings to Taiwan's democracy.

Time magazine emphasized Tang's efforts in AI regulation, including collaboration with the international NGO "Collective Intelligence Project, CIP," allowing the public to express their views on the adoption, regulation, impact, and ethical issues of AI, making negotiated democracy more scalable.

Tang emphasized that AI development should be more democratic, and the decision on how AI operates should not be solely in the hands of a few engineers in top labs, but the public itself.

Tang also expressed on Facebook:

I am truly honored to represent Taiwan on the Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in AI. My conclusion is that AI belongs to the public, let us create global AI governance with advanced partners like CIP.

In addition, prominent figures in the crypto and venture capital fields such as Marc Andreessen, founder of a16z, Marc Andreessen, founder of Innovation Works, Kai-Fu Lee, and Taiwanese-American US Congressman Ted Lieu are also among the Time 100 AI influential people.