Introduction: The Hype, Peril, and Promise of Artificial Intelligence
Editor’s note: This introduction was written by ChatGPT-3.5 at my prompting, and edited only very lightly.
DIGITAL MAGAZINE
September 2023
DIGITAL MAGAZINE
September 2023
Design by Thomas Gaulkin
Introduction: The Hype, Peril, and Promise of Artificial Intelligence
Editor’s note: This introduction was written by ChatGPT-3.5 at my prompting, and edited only very lightly.
Interview: Emerging military technology expert Paul Scharre on global power dynamics in the AI age
The author of "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the age of artificial intelligence" surveys in matter-of-fact detail the struggle for world leadership in AI—especially as it relates to US-China power dynamics.
If you worry about humanity, you should be more scared of humans than of AI
Advances in artificial intelligence have prompted extensive public concern about its capacity to contribute to the spread of misinformation, bias, and cybersecurity breaches—and its potential existential threat to humanity. But, if anything, AI can aid human beings in making decisions aimed at improving social equality, safety, productivity—and mitigate some existential threats.
Popping the chatbot hype balloon
Understanding how chatbots work and the human labor and data involved can better help evaluate the validity of concerns about them—which although innovative, are hardly the stuff of science fiction.
Will AI make us crazy?
Coverage of the risks and benefits of AI have paid scant attention to how chatbots might affect public health at a time when depression, suicide, anxiety, and mental illness are epidemic in the United States. But mental health experts and the healthcare industry view AI mostly as a promising tool, rather than a potential threat to mental health.
A reality check and a way forward for the global governance of artificial intelligence
No one global governance model for AI is perfect—or desirable. Instead, policy makers must pursue several models, each starting in a targeted and focused manner before evolving.
AI and atoms: How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing nuclear material
There's a three-dimensional solution to manage the evolving dual-use concern of AI: advance states-centric monitoring and regulation, promote intellectual exchange between the non-proliferation sector and the AI industry, and encourage AI industrial contributions.
Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2023
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is estimated to currently include approximately 170 warheads. It could realistically grow to around 200 by 2025 at the current growth rate.
Interview: Emerging military technology expert Paul Scharre on global power dynamics in the AI age
The author of "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the age of artificial intelligence" surveys in matter-of-fact detail the struggle for world leadership in AI—especially as it relates to US-China power dynamics.
If you worry about humanity, you should be more scared of humans than of AI
Advances in artificial intelligence have prompted extensive public concern about its capacity to contribute to the spread of misinformation, bias, and cybersecurity breaches—and its potential existential threat to humanity. But, if anything, AI can aid human beings in making decisions aimed at improving social equality, safety, productivity—and mitigate some existential threats.
Popping the chatbot hype balloon
Understanding how chatbots work and the human labor and data involved can better help evaluate the validity of concerns about them—which although innovative, are hardly the stuff of science fiction.
Will AI make us crazy?
Coverage of the risks and benefits of AI have paid scant attention to how chatbots might affect public health at a time when depression, suicide, anxiety, and mental illness are epidemic in the United States. But mental health experts and the healthcare industry view AI mostly as a promising tool, rather than a potential threat to mental health.
A reality check and a way forward for the global governance of artificial intelligence
No one global governance model for AI is perfect—or desirable. Instead, policy makers must pursue several models, each starting in a targeted and focused manner before evolving.
AI and atoms: How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing nuclear material
There's a three-dimensional solution to manage the evolving dual-use concern of AI: advance states-centric monitoring and regulation, promote intellectual exchange between the non-proliferation sector and the AI industry, and encourage AI industrial contributions.
Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2023
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is estimated to currently include approximately 170 warheads. It could realistically grow to around 200 by 2025 at the current growth rate.
Design by Thomas Gaulkin
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