September 26, 2017

National Competition in Artificial Intelligence

Vladimir Putin recently said that whoever leads in artificial intelligence "will be ruler of the world." Elon Musk has warned that national competition in AI is the "most likely cause of WW3." Are we at risk of an AI arms race?

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