A new study raises concerns about AI’s ability to act autonomously, but some analysts view the threat as hypothetical rather than imminent.
Max Tegmark, a physics professor at MIT and president of the Future of Life Institute, has a running joke with his wife. At a recent forum hosted by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the professor described watching an unlikely political alliance coalesce around artificial intelligence—one pairing Silicon Valley researchers who spend their days modeling the existential scenarios that could result from AI’s rise with right-wing and left-wing populist politicians who have spent careers railing against the tech industry.
Jonathan Gibson is a reporter at The Dispatch, currently based in Washington, D.C., and covering artificial intelligence. Before joining The Dispatch, he lived in London, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in politics and international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. When he’s not writing about AI and national security, he is probably teaching/playing table tennis, climbing, or reading. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
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