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Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm

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Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm. / Thierry, Guillaume.
In: The Conversation, 31.07.2023.

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Thierry, G 2023, 'Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm' The Conversation. <https://theconversation.com/giving-ai-direct-control-over-anything-is-a-bad-idea-heres-how-it-could-do-us-real-harm-210168>

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Thierry, G. (2023). Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/giving-ai-direct-control-over-anything-is-a-bad-idea-heres-how-it-could-do-us-real-harm-210168

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Thierry G. 2023. Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm. The Conversation.

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Thierry, Guillaume. "Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm". The Conversation. 2023.

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Thierry G. Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm. The Conversation. 2023 Jul 31.

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Thierry, Guillaume. / Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm. In: The Conversation. 2023.

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N2 - Could AI kill large numbers of humans? The answer has to be yes, in theory. But this depends in large part on humans deciding to give it executive control. I can’t really think of anything more terrifying than an AI that can make decisions and has the power to implement them.

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