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Intelligent machines have been serving and enslaving humans in the realm of imagination for decades. The omniscient computer - sometimes benign, usually malevolent - was a staple of the science fiction genre long before such an entity was feasible in the real world. That moment may now be approaching faster than societies can establish appropriate rules. In 2023, the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) came to the attention of a wide audience far beyond tech circles, thanks in large part to ChatGPT (which launched in November 2022) and similar products.
Given how quickly progress is progressing in ...
