Ted Cruz Says He Prefers ‘American Killer Robots’ Over Chinese After AI Extinction Warning (www.forbes.com)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined a rapidly growing cohort of lawmakers Wednesday expressing the need for more artificial intelligence restrictions in the wake of dire human extinction warnings from AI researchers—but said U.S. companies needed to be careful not to lose to China in the race to develop artificial intelligence.

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[-] ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, that feels like what the ai bros are aiming for. Pick your flavor of dream ai: kill-all-humans or pocket-slave.

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