Why AI scientists are afraid to speak out @Nonzero

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AI now has more lobbyists in Washington and Brussels than Big Oil and Tobacco combined. MIT physicist Max Tegmark compares today’s AI industry to Big Tobacco—massive lobbying budgets, subtle censorship, and deep influence over the media and academia. Why are only the most established researchers sounding the alarm? Follow the money.

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Why AI scientists are afraid to speak out

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