The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

Readers will know that I have had my concerns about the pervasive influence of AI on all aspects of our lives. My main concern relates to these two characteristics of AI in combination: People confuse algorithmic complexity – and the ability to handle large amounts of data – for competence, creativity or even “truth”. Put simply,…
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In his previous writings, Mark Keenan, researcher at Engelhart Commodity Trading Partners (ECTP) exposed the machinery of technocratic control – climate orthodoxy, debt economics, and centralized data governance. But those were only the outer mechanisms. Now the frontier is shifting inward. The question is no longer merely “How will they…
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AI is now embedded in our infrastructure, our institutions of governance and our social lives. America is facing a growing crisis that is unfolding before our eyes and is likely to intensify in the years ahead. Strangely, this issue receives little objective attention in mainstream media. Instead, we are reassured that this new…
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Seven-time bestselling financial author Jim Rickards predicted in July 2023 (when gold was trading in the $1,600 range) that the yellow metal would experience a major rally. He was right. In his new book Money GPT: AI and the Threat to the Global Economy Rickards argues that AI-caused disasters can occur in everything from finance…
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“Utopians often produce evil because their movement’s aspirations become paramount—that is, more important than avoiding acts ‘traditionally perceived as immoral.’ If enough people follow Istvan on the transhuman roller coaster, people could eventually get hurt.” “I’m not afraid of dying. I just don’t want to be there when it occurs.”…
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A former OpenAI employee has been speaking out on the future ramifications of an unregulated Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). There are fears that artificial intelligence will soon match or surpass human capabilities and begin to program itself, or be leveraged by foreign adversaries, to inflict harm on people around the world.…
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On Fox News, Freddy Bouciegues, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stunt coordinator asked for a “fair contract,” as the actor’s strike continues and much of the AI debate in Hollywood is leaning towards doom-and-gloom, with the growing argument that technology is a looming threat and could end careers by replacing performers across the…
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Do you know how many internet-connected devices there are inside your home? I certainly don’t. These days, it could be almost anything: a thermostat, a TV, a lightbulb, an air conditioner, or a refrigerator. But what I do know, thanks to some of the conversations I’ve had over the past few weeks, is just how much data they’re producing,…
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