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Adapting to the massive opportunities and disruptions of artificial intelligence (AI) will be one of the defining challenges of this generation. Succeeding will require clear priorities and a healthy ...

In “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the HAL 9000 was built to be infallible. Instead, it became dangerously misaligned with its human operators: It prioritized its survival over the humans’ safety. Though ...

Google’s former AI chief, Geoffrey Hinton distinguishes between two ways in which AI poses an existential threat to humanity. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP) ...

Much of the commentary surrounding artificial intelligence focuses on the threats AI may pose to society. Many worry about AI taking jobs. Others fear increasingly that AI could undermine privacy, ...

Is AI on the verge of wiping out humanity? Or does the existential threat come from something — or someone — else? Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images In the weeks following OpenAI’s launch of ...

The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied by a sharp increase in anxiety about AI. For the past few months, executives and AI safety researchers have been ...

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been ...