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The Coming Wave with Mustafa Suleyman

Thinkers & Ideas

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Threats from AI and Synthetic Biology

This chapter discusses the potential threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology. It highlights their defining features, including exponential rate of change and asymmetric impacts. The chapter argues that these technologies are more dangerous than previous ones due to their hyper evolutionary characteristics and inherent autonomy.

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