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Artificial intelligence: the next extinction?

18 July 2023

5:00 AM

18 July 2023

5:00 AM

With technology developing ever faster, a new threat is looming in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) potentially interacting adversely with humanity.

The concept of surveillance leading to societal control remains a future threat. For now, the immediate concern is the impact AI poses to employment. Should we take, for example, the current US strike by Hollywood’s writers and actors as a sign of things to come?

There is unease about the direction of AI.

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