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Technocrats are voicing concern about the safety of artificial intelligence. Should we let them take charge of figuring out how to regulate it?

Alarmism in online articles generates sensational news and keeps the marketing machine running. The more hype, the more clicks, the more visits, the more money. Unfortunately, online news surrounding artificial intelligence has not been spared by this trend.

Artificial intelligence refers to the ability of machines to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving and decision-making. AI is achieved usi...