AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype
An essay by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Scientific American, dated 12 August 2023. datePublished metadata of the page.
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- Present harms deserve priorityThe essay by Bender and Hanna dated 12 August 2023 states that wrongful arrests, surveillance, defamation and deepfake pornography, not the imagined potential to wipe out humanity, are the real threat of AI, and urges regulators to look to research on present harms.2023-08-12 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Present harms deserve priority: propositions page →
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