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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
By https://www.theguardian.com/profile/emily-m-bender||5 min read at The Guardian
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not written by The Guardian · not verifiedGenerated October 1, 2026
- The article critiques the public and political focus on hypothetical 'superintelligent' AI risks, arguing that current dangers stem from the deployment of unreliable, error-prone chatbots in high-stakes environments. It highlights a reported incident where reliance on an inaccurate chatbot intelligence report almost triggered a military conflict, calling for increased regulation and accountability for AI companies.
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Sign in to give feedbackThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
Amid a barrage of news stories warning about superintelligent machines rendering humanity extinct, a CNN story describing the opposite scenario – one in which the US military’s reliance on brittle chatbots almost brought the US into war with China – went mostly unnoticed by the public.
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