‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?

Source: guardianTech August 31, 2026 · 21:00
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too lateThe summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to orderIn November 2023 – a lifetime ago in the field of artificial intelligence – some of the most powerful people in the world descended on Bletchley Park, the wartime codebreaking hub in Buckinghamshire, to talk about AI safety. In attendance were the then US vice-president, Kamala Harris, the AI bosses Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, delegations from 28 countries, two of the three so-called “godfathers” of AI, and Elon Musk.The first iteration of ChatGPT had been released only a year earlier, and there w…

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