How Artificial Intelligence threatens human freedom and consolidates control in the hands of its controllers

US Senator Bernie Sanders, the well-known Democratic lawmaker, recently raised the alarm over the potential dangers that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the United States. He did so in a speech broadcast in recent days, as well as in an opinion article published  earlier this month in the widely read British newspaper, The Guardian, under the title: “Artificial Intelligence Poses Unprecedented Threats. Congress Must Act Now.” Sanders’ intervention provides an important point of departure for a broader discussion about the risks associated with the global spread of artificial intelligence, whether in its popular, civilian form, exemplified by platforms such as ChatGPT, or in its security-driven, sovereign manifestation, represented by systems like Palantir. For societies beyond the United States, the consequences […]