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Two books warn about the privacy implications of AI and neurotechnology

NPR's Book of the Day

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The AI Dogfight Trials

The US military did a project to build an AI dogfighting agent. The winning agent among a number of different companies that submitted their AIs in a competition went head-to-head against an experienced Air Force pilot and hands down crushed the human pilot. It learned on its own new techniques for dogfighting that humans actually can't do, executing head to head gunshots when there's a split second when the aircraft are circling each other. And it was very lethal and effective. But what you're saying right now is not reassuring.

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