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What we should be afraid of in AI (2021)

The article argues that the real danger of AI is not autonomous weapons but the human tendency to outsource decision-making and emotional engagement to algorithms, treating them as if they understand us. The author explains that AI is just statistical imitation, not true intelligence, and warns against blindly trusting recommendation systems that prioritize engagement over well-being.

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What we should be afraid of in AI (2021)
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  • The real threat of AI is not killer robots but the gradual outsourcing of human choice to algorithms.
  • AI is a misnomer: computers are not brains; they run statistical models with no understanding.
  • Recommendation systems exploit this by optimizing for engagement, not human well-being.
  • Behind every AI decision, there is a human who trained the model and collected the data.

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