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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender.

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Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender argue that the real AI risk is error-prone systems, citing a recent security incident between China and the United States.

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“The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals Amid a barrage of news stories warning about superintelligent machines rendering humanity extinct, a CNN story describing the opposite…”
Guardian AI, 01 Oct 2026, 09:00.

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