{"id":237387,"date":"2026-06-25T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:00:25","slug":"the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy\/","title":{"rendered":"The true danger of AI may lie in its reflection of us, warns Anna Goldsworthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy-284817\">The true danger of AI may lie in its reflection of us, warns Anna Goldsworthy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy-284817\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-true-danger-of-ai-may-lie-in-its-reflection-of-us-warns-anna-goldsworthy-284817<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 19:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI as a Reflection of Humanity<\/strong>: The essay by Anna Goldsworthy, titled &#8220;The God we Made \u2013 The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence,&#8221; 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