Opinion | To See Just one of A.I.’s Finest Risks, Search to the Army

Opinion | To See Just one of A.I.’s Finest Risks, Search to the Army

Rogue synthetic intelligence compared to humankind is a typical theme in science fiction. It could occur, I suppose. But a a lot more imminent danger is human beings versus human beings, with A.I. used as a lethal weapon by both equally sides. That menace is developing swiftly simply because there is an worldwide arms race in militarized A.I.

What would make an arms race in artificial intelligence so horrifying is that it shrinks the role of human judgment. Chess courses that are instructed to go rapidly can finish a video game in opposition to every other in seconds synthetic intelligence

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Opinion | Artificial generative intelligence could prove too much for democracy

Opinion | Artificial generative intelligence could prove too much for democracy
(Brian Stauffer for The Washington Post)

Tech and democracy are not friends right now. We need to change that — fast.

As I’ve discussed previously in this series, social media has already knocked a pillar out from under our democratic institutions by making it exceptionally easy for people with extreme views to connect and coordinate. The designers of the Constitution thought geographic dispersal would put a brake on the potential power of dangerous factions. But people no longer need to go through political

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Opinion | Businesses that refuse to leave Russia are experiencing the greatest costs

Opinion | Businesses that refuse to leave Russia are experiencing the greatest costs
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is a senior associate dean and the Lester Crown professor of management practice at the Yale School of Management and president of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute. Steven Tian is director of research for the institute. Steven Zaslavsky is deputy research director for the institute.

A spate of misleading headlines in recent days have harped on the supposed heavy financial costs that companies are bearing for withdrawing from Russia. This has it exactly wrong. Companies that have exited Russia are not only accruing substantial costs; they are also showing financial benefits. And

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