The artificial intelligence revolution requires regulation

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The rapid and unprecedented development of artificial intelligence (AI) is causing widespread concern due to potential effects spanning various areas including health, social interaction, employment, environment, and national security.
AI has the potential to automate up to two-thirds of jobs in the United States and Europe, necessitating major shifts in career paths and significant social planning for displaced workers.
An AI-induced increase in carbon emissions and water usage would severely impact efforts to combat climate change, especially given a national retreat from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The unregulated use of AI may lead to security risks including proliferation of biological and chemical weapons, cyber attacks, disinformation, deepfakes, autonomous weapons, and espionage.
There is a lack of comprehensive regulation of AI, raising questions about who controls these powerful technologies.
A significant portion of the American public, expressed in a recent PEW poll, shows more concern than excitement about the potential implications of AI.
Dartmouth’s Osher Summer Lecture Series on AI addresses these concerns through expert discussions impacting multiple sectors of society.

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