Cognitive surrender: Artificial intelligence’s threat to democracy
Topics: AI Policy
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- The Hill reports: “Wesleyan University computer science professor Sebastian Zimmeck argues that artificial intelligence poses a threat to democratic citizenship by encouraging cognitive surrender and requiring both i…”
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