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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: AI

Why the Space Economy Needs “Spice

When Jeff Bezos announced that he would build a 50,000-satellite space data center, Musk immediately plussed with a million-satellite call. The space cowboy drama aside, the prize is real. Data-in-space may finally give the space economy its first real reason to exist,…

Preventing military Artificial Intelligence (AIs) agents from taking over from humans is simple: treat them as humans by teaching them the golden rule

The development of AIs capable of targeting, shooting, and eliminating enemies in seconds has reached the threshold of possibility. There is much promise for creating strong defensive weapons but there is just as much fear. What if these AIs could turn rogue…