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[ad_1] Silicon Valley's favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence around the idea of human extinction. But increasingly vocal critics are warning that the philosophy is dangerous, and the obsession with extinction distracts from real problems associated with AI like data theft and biased algorithms. Author Emile Torres, a former longtermist turned critic of the movement, told AFP that the philosophy rested on the kind of principles used in the past to justify mass murder and genocide. Yet the movement and linked ideologies like transhumanism and effective altruism hold huge sway in universities from Oxford to Stanford and throughout the tech sector. Venture capitalists like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen have invested in life-extensi...

[ad_1] Whether or not calls for pausing AI development succeed (spoiler: they won't), artificial intelligence is going to need regulation. Every technology in history with comparably transformational capabilities has been subject to rules of some sort. What that regulation should look like is going to be an important and complicated problem, one I and others will be writing a lot about it in the months and years to come.Before we even get to the content of the regulation needed, however, there's a crucial threshold question that needs to be addressed: Who should regulate AI? If it's government, which part of government, and how? If it's industry, what are the right kinds of mechanisms to balance innovation with safety? I'd like to start suggesting some basic principles that should guide...

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The fight over a ‘dangerous’ ideology shaping AI debate

Regulating AI Will Be Essential. And Complicated.