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The Audio Long Read

The Audio Long Read

Society & Culture

The stupidity of AI

The stupidity of AI

2023-04-07
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Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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