Progress has its risks

UNDER A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER IN A HIGH-ceilinged anteroom in Paris, the moderator of Intelligence Rising is reprimanding his players. These 12 former government officials, academics, and artificial inte

STUART RUSSELL RECEIVES FOUR OR five emails a day from people who seem to be in the grips of psychosis, convinced their AI chatbot of choice is suddenly conscious. “It’s appointing them as its emissar

FOR THE PAST YEAR, I’VE BEEN RUNNING SALES-force with a colleague who never sleeps, never takes vacations, and has read more than I could in 100 lifetimes. On a typical day, sitting with a few executi

JOANNE JANG SEES HER WORK AS “empowering users to fulfill their goals” right up to the point of not causing harm or infringing on others’ freedoms. “AI-lab employees should not be the arbiters of what

FEW POLITICAL LEADERS REALIZE THE RATE AT which artificial intelligence is racing ahead. For decades, technological progress has been logged at a pace known as Moore’s Law, named after Gordon Moore, t

When Donald Trump took the oath of office for the second time in January 2025, he was surrounded not just by politicians and dignitaries, but by the CEOs of six of the world’s most visible technology