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One argument. Several stories. The question underneath them all.
Take artificial intelligence.
AI systems behaved unexpectedly during safety tests. Some of the industry’s most powerful figures began calling for development to slow. China opposed the proposed slowdown while preparing for its own risks from increasingly autonomous AI.
Together, those developments expose the gap between recognising AI risks and agreeing what governments should do about them.
Slow AI Down. Then What?
If slowing the world’s most powerful AI systems buys us time, what exactly are governments going to build with it?
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