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Technology

Dec. 20, 2023

Have we trained AI to be our own worst enemy?

Test of generative AI detects ability to accrue power, accomplish goals not concretely specified, and to deceive.

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder
iCommLaw

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A wise fictional porcupine named Pogo lamented in a 1971 Earth Day comic strip that it was almost impossible to walk through the forest because humans had littered the ground with mounds of trash and junk. "We have met the enemy and he is us," Pogo said.

Pogo's observation is prophetically relevant to generative artificial intelligence developments in 2023. This was the year when it became clear that generative AI has the potential to be a...

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