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Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually

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In the sciences and medicine, the use of AI seems promising, but excitement can become exaggerated.

In national security, the argument for investing in AI development is compelling, but it could lead the U.S. to overlook the disproportionate impact of the AI arms race.

In developing AI , there are two things to keep in mind: In developing this subject of sweeping claims of inevitability rather than subject to sweeping subject subject subjectivity.

Nir Eisikovits: It's important to pay attention to who is making claims of inevitability, and why.

He says it's worth taking a lesson from recent history when smartphones and social media apps came to be seen as a fact of life a technology as transformative as it is inevitable.

After a long experiment with the mental health of kids, facilitated by claims of technological determinism, Americans changed course.

There is still time to avoid repeating the same mistake with artificial intelligence.

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