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Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us.
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How can we control the AI that is exploiting us?
Gary Marcus has provided a book that lists the problems, flaws, and threats of AI and what, considering these, our demands should be, and how we might meet them.
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