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How Science-Fiction Tropes Shape Military AI

“Pop culture has this huge power to shape peoples’ thinking,” says Timnit Gebru, a leading AI researcher working on the implications of bias in artificial intelligence. Science-fiction movies, TV shows, and literature have conjured images of all-knowing robots acting for good or for ill, and these pop-culture representations have influenced public perceptions of intelligent machines.

This article was written by Ian Reynolds are originally published by the Bulleting For The Atomic Scientists.

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