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Timnit Gebru and Emily Bender warn of AI risks from flawed systems

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Timnit Gebru and Emily M. Bender have highlighted that the risk of global catastrophe stems not from superintelligent AI, but from governments over-relying on flawed AI systems. These systems are often marketed as being near-superintelligent, creating a false sense of security. The authors suggest that the true danger lies in the current, imperfect AI technologies and how they are implemented by governmental bodies. AI

IMPACT Highlights the immediate dangers of current AI systems and governmental over-reliance, rather than speculative future risks.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by credible authors discussing AI risks.

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Timnit Gebru and Emily Bender warn of AI risks from flawed systems

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Timnit and Emily rock. 🤘🎸 "A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone

    Timnit and Emily rock. 🤘🎸 "A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent." #Blues #GTS #AI www.theguardian.c…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/forget-superintelligenc…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Timnit and Emily rock. 🤘🎸 "A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone

    Timnit and Emily rock. 🤘🎸 "A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent." #Blues #GTS #AI www.theguardian.c…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/forget-superintelligenc…

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