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Emily M. Bender: AI's real danger is fascism, not Skynet

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Emily M. Bender suggests that the primary danger posed by advanced AI is not existential threats like Skynet, but rather more mundane issues such as garden-variety fascism. This perspective shifts the focus from hypothetical apocalyptic scenarios to more immediate and practical societal risks. AI

IMPACT Shifts focus from existential AI risk to more immediate societal dangers like fascism.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice.

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Emily M. Bender: AI's real danger is fascism, not Skynet

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emilymbender.bsky.social ·

    "I don’t mean their comments about how a super smart A.I. might turn into SkyNet and kill us all. It’s so much more drab than that. The danger is garden-variety

    "I don’t mean their comments about how a super smart A.I. might turn into SkyNet and kill us all. It’s so much more drab than that. The danger is garden-variety fascism"

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