Who’s afraid of the large dangerous bots? Lots of people, it appears. A whole bunch of scientists, enterprise leaders, and policymakers have not too long ago made public pronouncements or signed open letters warning of the catastrophic risks of synthetic intelligence, from deep studying pioneer Geoffrey Hinton to California congressman Ted Lieu.
We have been right here earlier than: AI doom follows AI hype. However this time feels completely different. What have been as soon as excessive views are actually mainstream speaking factors, grabbing not solely headlines however the consideration of world leaders.
Has AI actually change into (extra) harmful? And why are the individuals who ushered on this tech now those elevating the alarm? Or is the looming specter of regulation accountable? Learn the complete story.
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Strolling round low-income neighborhoods all through the US, Monica Sanders has observed a sample. The adjunct professor of legislation at Georgetown College measures Wi-Fi speeds as a part of a mission drawing connections between a number of indicators on the intersection of web availability, environmental threat, and historic racial inequity.
