Earlier this year, a person with inside knowledge about defense technology casually mentioned that drones can be programmed to find and kill people based on a photograph alone. This information, and their offhand way of putting it, sent a shiver down my spine.
It also got me thinking about AI. Ever curious (some would say nosey) like all journalists, I started digging. In the meandering way that stories come about, that curiosity led to a six-part series on AI.
For the series, our writers dug into a wide variety of questions related to the tech: Where are we in terms of developing AI for love, war, and everything in between? What’s holding us back? What and who is pushing development forward—and in what direction?
You’ll find the answers surprising, fascinating, and, in turns, horrifying.
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