Killer AI Is Here. We're Using It in Iran
On March 3, a mass funeral was held for over 150 students and staff killed in the February 28 US missile strikes on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran.IRCS/Zuma Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. More than 60 percent of Americans believe it’s at least moderately likely that artificial intelligence will kill us all, according to a Politico survey released Wednesday. Arguments that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” have dominated the news this week.
- ▪On March 3, a mass funeral was held for over 150 students and staff killed in the February 28 US missile strikes on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran.IRCS/Zuma Get your news from a source that’s not owned and con
- ▪More than 60 percent of Americans believe it’s at least moderately likely that artificial intelligence will kill us all, according to a Politico survey released Wednesday.
- ▪Arguments that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” have dominated the news this week.
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On March 3, a mass funeral was held for over 150 students and staff killed in the February 28 US missile strikes on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran.IRCS/Zuma Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. More than 60 percent of Americans believe it’s at least moderately likely that artificial intelligence will kill us all, according to a Politico survey released Wednesday. It’s easy to see why. Arguments that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” have dominated the news this week. But despite our fear that AI might kill us en masse, another new poll shows that very few Americans know our government is already using AI to do just that abroad.
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