From open letters to congressional testimony, some AI leaders have stoked fears that the technology is a direct threat to humanity. The reality is less dramatic but perhaps more insidious.
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Pausing AI development will give our governments and culture time to catch up with and steer the rush of new technology.
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Digital Communications and Culture, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Management and Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney