Are We Having the Wrong Nightmares About AI?

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Zeynep Tufekci 2025 Invited Talk Abstract Though seemingly opposite, doom and optimism regarding generative AI's spectacular rise both center on AGI or even superintelligence as a pivotal moment. But generative AI operates in a distinct manner from human intelligence, and it’s not a less intelligent human on a chip slowly getting smarter anymore than cars were mere horseless carriages. And even if Terminator isn’t coming to kill us or superintelligence isn’t racing to save us, generative AI does bring profound challenges, well-beyond usual worries such as employment effects.

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▪Zeynep Tufekci 2025 Invited Talk Abstract Though seemingly opposite, doom and optimism regarding generative AI's spectacular rise both center on AGI or even superintelligence as a pivotal moment.
▪But generative AI operates in a distinct manner from human intelligence, and it’s not a less intelligent human on a chip slowly getting smarter anymore than cars were mere horseless carriages.
▪And even if Terminator isn’t coming to kill us or superintelligence isn’t racing to save us, generative AI does bring profound challenges, well-beyond usual worries such as employment effects.

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