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Artificial Intelligence, Real Anxiety: Why We Can't Stop Worrying And Love AI

ZDNet, Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Does artificial intelligence really threaten the safety and well-being of huge swaths of the world's population? With calls to action growing ever more urgent, the UN is now raising alarms.

Did an AI write this piece?

Questions like this were a friendly quip when generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) began its foray into mainstream discourse. Two years later, while people around the globe use AI for all kinds of activities, others are raising important questions about the emerging technology's long-term impact.

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