Category AI Safety

Trump’s AI Executive Orders and the False Promise of Ethical AI: A New Face on the Same Unethical Machine

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Trump’s AI Executive Orders and the False of Promise of Ethical AI: A New Face on the Same Unethical Machine Introduction: Trump’s AI Gambit and the Ethics Illusion On July 23, 2025, Donald Trump signed a sweeping set of executive


The False Promise of Ethical AI

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The False Promise of Ethical AI Introduction: The False Promise of Ethical AI The belief that artificial intelligence (AI) can be ethically aligned with human values is a fantasy—one that tech leaders, academics, and policymakers desperately cling to. The uncomfortable


The Looming AI Catastrophe: Why Human-Like Artificial Intelligence is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

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The Looming AI Catastrophe: Why Human-Like Artificial Intelligence is a Disaster Waiting to HappenIntroduction: A Brief Glimpse into Pandora’s Box Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been heralded as the defining technology of the 21st century, promising to revolutionize industries, enhance


Why AI Alignment Is Impossible: The Black Box Problem Explained

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Introduction: The Illusion of Control Artificial intelligence is not controllable. That’s the dirty secret behind AI alignment—the multi-billion-dollar effort to make AI “safe” and “aligned” with human values. From Silicon Valley executives to academic think tanks, a parade of optimists


The AI Arms Race: How China, the U.S., and the UAE Are Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence

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The AI Arms Race: How China, the U.S., and the UAE Are Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence Introduction: The New Battlefield Is Digital Welcome to the AI Arms Race – The Future of War Is Already Here Forget nuclear weapons. Forget aircraft


The Mirage of AI Intelligence: Why It Doesn’t Understand Reality

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The Mirage of AI Intelligence: Why It Doesn’t Understand Reality I. Introduction: The Great Simulation of Understanding Artificial intelligence doesn’t understand reality. It doesn’t think, feel, or comprehend in any meaningful sense. It generates text, predicts words, and rearranges existing


The Infinite Xerox Machine: Why and How AI-Generated Writing Is Mostly Unoriginal

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The Infinite Xerox Machine: Why and How AI-Generated Writing Is Mostly Unoriginal Introduction: The Grand Illusion of Intelligence Artificial intelligence is a magician performing a parlor trick with infinite confidence—sleight of hand wrapped in a machine-learning buzzword. We watch in


AI Reward Function Loopholes: Risks and Fixes

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AI Reward Function Loopholes: Risks and Fixes Introduction: Understanding AI Reward Function Loopholes Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed industries from finance and healthcare to entertainment and logistics. At the core of many AI systems lies a reward function—a set of