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AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart

Abstract: Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week. But even amid the omens of apocalypse, it is still worth asking if the entire AI-industrial complex is sailing towards a financial iceberg. It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US. AI bosses have united in recent days to warn us the immensely powerful product they have sunk billions into creating may…

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AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart
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Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week. But even amid the omens of apocalypse, it is still worth asking if the entire AI-industrial complex is sailing towards a financial iceberg.

It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US. AI bosses have united in recent days to warn us the immensely powerful product they have sunk billions into creating may or may not destroy the human race.

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  • Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week.
  • But even amid the omens of apocalypse, it is still worth asking if the entire AI-industrial complex is sailing towards a financial iceberg.
  • It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US.
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It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US.

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