The Valley's Blind Spot: Why Tech's Love for Enterprise AI Is Killing Public Acceptance The recent comments from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky about the tech industry's responsibility in giving artificial intelligence a bad name have sparked a much needed debate within Silicon Valley.
This debate, however, conceals a more fundamental issue – one that gets to the heart of why AI has become a toxic term outside of the tech bubble.
For years, venture capitalists and startup founders have prioritized enterprise software as a safer bet than consumer facing products.