Steven Poole

Could AI enslave humanity before it destroys it entirely?

Machines now save us from countless tedious tasks — but what if, owing to a catastrophic misunderstanding, they could never be stopped?

issue 26 October 2019
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  • Human Compatibile: AI and the Problem of Control

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    Tom Chivers

    Weidenfeld, pp. 304, £16

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