The Risks of AI in Politics

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The risks right now are actually completely different things about the risk of bias and discrimination from the use of these systems. I think what people are more concerned about is the use of this technology where you don't admit that it's AI. If you were Vladimir Putin, then you generated a video of Ukrainians committing war crimes, for example. It feels like the train is coming off the tracks.

Geoffrey Hinton, a legend of artificial-intelligence research, wants to be able to speak his mind about the technology’s risks. We ask whether those steeped in a field are best-placed to judge it. It has long been clear Ukraine needs more fighter jets; we look at the ones it may get at last. And the first video game about the Holocaust.

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