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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

Claims that superintelligent AI poses a threat to humanity are frightening, but only because they distract from the real issues today, argues Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow at The Alan Turing Institute

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Two chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

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Chimpanzees can prepare for alternative futures

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Could your gut bacteria influence how intelligent you are?

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Robotic dogs can locate fire ant nests.

Technology

Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

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A robot and man in conversation

Technology

Massive Turing test shows we can only just tell AIs apart from humans

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Technology

Capital letter test is a foolproof way of sorting AIs from humans

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AI passed an advertising Turing test for the first time

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AI passed an advertising Turing test for the first time

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Fig. 1: Biomolecular systems used for benchmarking: e) STMV, 1M atoms. The solvating water has been omitted for visualization. arXiv:2304.10061v1

Chemistry

Watch 44 million atoms simulated using AI and a supercomputer

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People picket outside of FOX Studios on the first day of the Hollywood writers strike on May 2, 2023 in Los Angeles

Technology

Why use of AI is a major sticking point in the ongoing writers' strike

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Technology

What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas

While Google and other tech giants are rolling out new AI products at speed, the European Union is working on a law to restrict them

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Mind

The Human Mind review: Ambitious, up-to-the-minute guide to the mind

Culture

Technology

With AI exploiting businesses’ data, when do we get paid and by whom?

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Humans

What is longtermism and why do its critics think it is dangerous?

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Technology

What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved?

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