The Hollywood Writers’ Strike and the Threat of AI

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Photo: David McNew/Getty Images By now you’ve heard of some of the potential threats posed by artificial intelligence . There are the speculative threats, near and far: AI as the job destroyer that could lead to mass white-collar unemployment; AI as the superintelligence-in-waiting with a destiny to kill us all. There are the imminent and even extant threats: The mass automation of bias , the weaponization of synthetic media, the further consolidation of tech power, human impersonation to malign ends. These describe the possible risks of AI as a phenomenon, as a group of tools, and as a well-f

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