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Should we be alarmed that AI 'bad things' can happen?

The political, economic and ideological debate over the meaning and future of artificial intelligence keeps moving along with many people chasing the rapidly evolving technology along a twisted road to nobody knows where. Each day brings a new turn as AI haters and alarmists battle AI supporters and proponents.

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Today we take a look at two of many recent developments that pit unlikely combatants in a seemingly impossible confrontation over the future of AI technology. One is legendary economist John Maynard Keynes, the godfather of Keynesian economics who died in 1946. The other is legendary AI tech billionaire Sam Altman, who was born 40 years after Keynes died and who recently said that as AI advances it will lead to “bad things happening,” but it should not be stopped.

Separated by almost a century, the two global celebrities are........

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