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The artificial intelligence boom means a multi-trillion dollar industry is coming into existence before our eyes. With great opportunity come great risks, as two important new Australian reports show.
Governments around the world have so far taken a light-touch approach. It’s not enough if we want to address the various potential harms of AI.
The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet as we know it.
If you see the Tesla Bot as a joke or a harbinger of a dystopian future, you could be missing the real threat, which has more to do with Elon Musk’s power than robots run amok.
The focus of quantum science has shifted from theoretical physics to the advent of new technologies such as quantum computers. The benefits could be immense, but there are also potential pitfalls.
What world will tech billionaires move us towards if they believe that humans are fundamentally dangerous?
New technologies and services aren’t creating irreversible damage, even though they do generate some harms. Preemptive bans would stifle innovation and block potential solutions to real problems.
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Chief Research Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Research Technology, Arizona State University
