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The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better | Nick Evershed

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-16T15:00:23.000Z Original ↗

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Existential and catastrophic riskGovernance and regulationHuman agency and epistemics
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Countries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threats With many technological developments, from algorithm-driven social media to AI, many people assume there’s a degree of inevitability to their widespread adoption in society. The argument goes something like this: once the ideas and means to produce the tech are known, then it is inevitable that its usage will spread and we’ll essentially be stuck with it. So therefore we need to accept this and adjust our lives to live with the tech and use it (or at least tolerate it). Continue reading...

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The article suggests that the dominance of AI is not inevitable and that countries can choose to change things for the better through international agreements.

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SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   8ee53f7c-4f27-4e56-b24c-5b29e38c8fcf
           https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/ai-future-not-inevitable-we-can-choose-better-safety-regulation
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CONFIDENCE 60%