
AI: An ancient nightmare?
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AI and Its History
There's been a lot of media speculation and interest in the subject over the recent months particularly what questions should people like me as journalists be asking people like you about AI and its history. What things are we missing or not talking about? I think my main concern about a lot of the debate recently which has been about the kind of could we lose control is that it distracts us from some very near term issues, he says. We're heading into elections in the US and the UK where this technology can do weaponize the production of disinformation on an industrial scale. There are for sure lots of people out there in the world with a very active interest in destabilizing elections in the United States
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