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Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the modern world It is ubiquitousin our homes and offices in the present and most certainly in the future Today we encounter AI as our distant ancestors once encountered fire If we manage AI well it will become a force for good lighting the way to many transformative inventions If we deploy it thoughtlessly it will advance beyond our control If we wield it for destruction it will fan the flames of a new kind of war one that holds democracy in the balance As AI policy experts Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie show in The New Fire few choices are more urgentor more fascinatingthan how we harness this technology and for what purpose
The new fire has three sparks data algorithms and computing power These components fuel viral disinformation campaigns new hacking tools and military weapons that once seemed like science fiction To autocrats AI offers the prospect of centralized control at home and asymmetric advantages in combat It is easy to assume that democracies bound by ethical constraints and disjointed in their approach will be unable to keep up But such a dystopia is hardly preordained Combining an incisive understanding of technology with shrewd geopolitical analysis Buchanan and Imbrie show how AI can work for democracy With the right approach technology need not favor tyranny
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