From a techno-optimist perspective, I used to believe that innovation almost always wins out in the end. New inventions spark fear, people adapt, and life gets better. But something shifted during those intense years of global crisis, and now when I look at the rush toward regulating artificial intelligence, I can’t help but feel a deep unease. It’s not the machines themselves that worry me most anymore—it’s the humans in charge of deciding how to handle them.
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