Pope's AI Adviser Warns of 'Cartel' Behavior Among Big Labs

Paolo Benanti, an AI adviser to the Pope, tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity distracts from the need for public debate on governing the technology, and he is particularly worried about 'cartel' behavior among big labs.

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