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Douglas Ruskhkoff, the Survival of the Richest and... the Battle of Endor?

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What's the Biggest Threat to AI?

Douglas Rushkoff: A lot of people who are heavily invested in the development of AI technologies and also appear to be terrified about what it will mean. He says they feel safe if they go meta on us or look at us from above, such as creating a virtual reality version of themselves. But he adds that even if an AI has the intelligence of an ant, I'm afraid of us surrendering vital societal functions and decisions to that ant.Rushkoff: It's what we voluntarily surrender to the AI - not the AI itself.

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