Politics is supposed to be about persuasion; but it has always been stalked by propaganda. Campaigners dissemble, exaggerate and fib. They transmit lies, ranging from bald-faced...
These days, worries about “existential risks”—those that pose a threat to humanity as a species, rather than to individuals—are not confined to military scientists. Nuclear war;...
New generative-AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the fastest-growing consumer internet application of all time, have taken the world by storm. They have uses in everything from...
View Full Image (Graphic: The Economist) The striking progress of modern artificial-intelligence (AI) research has seen Wiener’s fears resurface. In August 2022, AI Impacts, an American...