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Should We, and Can We, Put the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence?

Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, says that artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that will streamline human work and quicken the pace of scientific advancement. But ChatGPT has both enthralled and terrified us, and even some of A.I.’s pioneers are freaked out by the technology and how quickly it has advanced. David Remnick talks with Altman, and with the computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, who won the prestigious Turing Award for his work in 2018, but recently signed an open letter calling for a moratorium on some A.I. research until regulation can be implemented. The stakes, Bengio says, are high: “I believe there is a non-negligible risk that this kind of technology, in the short term, could disrupt democracies.” Plus, Masha Gessen brings the story of a gay activist targeted by the Russian government, and discusses why repression of L.G.B.T.Q. people is becoming more widespread around the world.see more
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Using Drones to Target Americans

Michael Krasny
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Until this week, little was known about the legal framework the U.S. government operates under when ordering the killing of its citizens. But now a leaked Justice Department memo outlines the legal case for some of these attacks. Civil liberties groups decry the policy as an overreach of executive authority. The leak comes as the Obama administration's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, a drone program supporter, is due to appear before the Senate for a confirmation hearing.

Department of Justice Memo on Drone Use

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Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor of law and research professor of international dispute resolution at the University of Notre Dame Law School

Robert Worth, reporter, New York Times

Glen Sulmasy, professor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; national security law fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington D.C.

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