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Morning Briefing Plus: A UN for AI?

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence in an essay. His impulse is important and good, but his approach to a solution has not been convincing so far.

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Morning Briefing Plus: A UN for AI?

Bill Gates has written an essay warning about the risks of Artificial Intelligence, citing job destruction, misuse by criminals, and negative impacts on child development. He is not the first to sound the alarm, as Geoffrey Hinton, a renowned expert in neural networks, has expressed similar concerns. Gates proposes establishing control authorities at the national level to regulate AI's societal integration and at the global level to enforce common standards. He suggests a UN-like organization for AI, possibly with a safety council.

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