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UK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI’s Summer of Chaos

As AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence.

A leading British politician has urged the United Nations to intervene in “the unsafe development of super intelligence” after an team leader posted: “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!”

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