Great tool or bullying demon?

WITH SO MUCH HYPE CIRCULATING ABOUT HOWWITH SO MUCH HYPE CIRCULATING ABOUT HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD—BUT NOT A LOT OF CONCRETE SUCCESSES—HERE ARE SIX LESSONS YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE

‘‘ I would like to make my own witness statement,” said Christopher Pelkey as he stood before Judge Todd Lang in Arizona’s Maricopa County Superior Court, dressed slightly incongruously in a green hoo

● ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS neither artificial (made by ...

Driving change MY FIRST WAYMO IS LOCKED IN A STANDOFF with a human rival. I’ve hailed the driverless cab in a tricky triangular parking lot in Austin, and when it pulls in—a hulking white all-electric

What is it? It’s the title of a blog post by Sam Altman (pictured below) in which he describes how AI can become “superintelligent” while remaining safely under human control (www.snipca.com/55178). W

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