From the Editor's Desk

How AI is being drafted for a digital cold war

We are defaulting toward a world in which artificial intelligences are built to serve under national flags — as pawns (or perhaps chess engines) in support of rival national goals.

Should we be outraged about this trend, or grimly realistic? Resigned or rebellious? Either way, this conscription of AI should be more widely known, whether or not it can or should be opposed.Few, though, will want to discuss governance or policy unless there is something truly urgent happening — that’s just how it is with the human brain — so first, let’s talk timelines of an AI worthy of the word “intelligence.”

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