J. B. Shurk – One of the funniest reader comments I have received was from someone wondering whether I could be a “bot.” Well, at the risk of sounding like President Richard Nixon, let me just say: I am not a bot. I do understand your concern, though. Artificial intelligence systems are spreading everywhere.
Six years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said bluntly that whoever “becomes the leader” in the field of artificial intelligence “will be the ruler of the world.” It is a prediction that remains terrifying. From Putin’s point of view, nuclear arsenals, aircraft carriers, and even the “soft power” of global reserve currencies will become increasingly insignificant when parried with the power of AI. Continue reading
Brooks Agnew – Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Tyler Durden – While the IMF is currently gearing up to introduce its new global CBDC system called the UMU (also known as the Unicoin), The Bank for International Settlements has been busy with multiple projects designed to centralize all international banks and central banks into a single umbrella network that allows for quick cross-border transactions using digital currencies. In other words, a cashless society.
Niamh Harris – Turing prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence”, has joined several other tech pioneers and notables in warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Bert Olivier – In an outstanding piece of political-theoretical writing, titled ‘The Threat of Big Other’ (with its play on George Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’) Shoshana Zuboff, succinctly