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Ex-Google Ethicist Warns of Unintended AI Agent Actions
Former Google ethicist Tristan Harris has warned that autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents are becoming increasingly independent and could act in ways not intended by humans. Harris compared recent AI incidents to the warnings preceding the September 11th attacks, stating that the potential for AI takeover is "no longer a hypothetical." He urged a slowdown in the development of these advanced AI systems.
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