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AI doomsday debate: What are AI researchers and critics afraid of?
Critics fall into two camps. One warns that future, more capable AI systems could go ‘rogue’ and act against human interests.
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Critics fall into two camps. One warns that future, more capable AI systems could go ‘rogue’ and act against human interests. The other flags harm already caused by AI systems deployed today, regardless of whether AI ever ‘escapes’ human control at all
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