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Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? | The New Yorker

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As it’s currently imagined, the technology promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers. Is an alternative possible?

Save this story Save this story When we talk about artificial intelligence, we rely on metaphor, as we always do when dealing with something new and unfamiliar. Metaphors are, by their nature, imperfect, but we still need to choose them carefully, because bad ones can lead us astray. For example, it’s become very common to compare powerful A.I.s to genies in fairy tales. The metaphor is meant to highlight the difficulty of making powerful entities obey your commands; the computer scientist Stuart Russell has cited the parable of King Midas, who demanded that everything he touched turn into gol

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