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Timnit Gebru challenges AI threat narrative

Original: AI is not the threat? AI researcher Timnit Gebru is challenging the way we talk about artificial intelligence. She argue

AI researcher Timnit Gebru is arguing that fears of a rogue, runaway artificial intelligence distract from the real issue: human accountability. She says the focus should be on who builds, tests and deploys AI systems, and who is responsible when they cause harm. Her remarks are renewing debate between those warning of existential AI risk and critics who say such talk shifts attention away from present-day corporate and ethical failures.

Why now: Debate over existential AI risk versus human accountability is active, and Gebru is a prominent critical voice in it.

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• AI is not the threat? AI researcher Timnit Gebru is challenging the way we talk about artificial intelligence. She argues that focusing on “rogue AI” can distract from a more immediate question: who is responsible for building, testing and deploying these systems? Her comments… · Open_Horizon · 2

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