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AI could destroy democracy as we know it | Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian

Under the fifth Industrial Revolution, human labour may no longer be able to bargain for a share of wealth and political power, writes Simon Steyne
Your editorials and articles about AI, including Rafael Behr’s piece (Keir Starmer is right to gamble on an AI revolution, but it might not pay out in time, 15 January), are thoughtful contributions to the debate about this fifth Industrial Revolution. Much of it has considered how democracies might govern AI. Little, however, has been written […]
AI could destroy democracy as we know it | Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian

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First Brexit, now Trump and Musk: ignorance is back with a vengeance | William Keegan

The aggression from the Tesla billionaire is new; but Britain has years of experience in the consequences of falling for misleading promises
‘Never under­estimate the power of ignorance.” I came across this thought while looking for something to watch late at night after the television news on the horrors in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and the Los Angeles fires.
The quote comes from an old episode of my friend Paul Whitehouse’s The Fast Show. It applies, among many other things, to the […]
First Brexit, now Trump and Musk: ignorance is back with a vengeance | William Keegan