A few secretive AI companies could crush free society, researchers warn

A few secretive AI companies could crush free society, researchers warn

What happens when AI automates R&D and starts to run amok? An intelligence explosion, power accumulation, disruption of democratic institutions, and more, according to these researchers.

TRIBUNE // With the fulcruming developments of the AI, the fear that the machines will come to dominate humanity, or even extermination has surfaced. But, for the essayist Thomas Lepeltier, these visions of apocalypse are very questionable.

A few secretive AI companies could crush free society, researchers warn - WorldNL Magazine

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty ImagesMost of the research surrounding the risks to society of artificial intelligence tends to focus on malicious human actors using the technology for nefarious purposes, such as holding companies for ransom or nation-states conducting cyber-warfare.A new report from the security research firm Apollo Group suggests a different kind of risk may be lurking where few look: inside the companies developing the most advanced…