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Essays – Schneier on Security
Essays Tagged "Jacobin"
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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
- Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier
- Jacobin
- February 28, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration will drive the next era of growth, wealth, and human flourishing. It’s a scary metaphor. Throughout American history, the drive for expansion and the very concept of terrain up for grabs—land grabs, gold rushes, new frontiers—have provided a permission structure for imperialism and exploitation. This could easily hold true for AI.
This isn’t the first time the concept of a frontier has been used as a metaphor for AI, or technology in general. As early as 2018, the powerful foundation models powering cutting-edge applications like chatbots …
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.