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Should AI be formally recognized as a national and global security threat? In London, politicians increasingly think so

A frog does not know it is being boiled until it is too late.

A frog does not know it is being boiled until it is too late. Lawmakers in London feel the same about artificial general intelligence—the next chapter of the 21st century technology revolution which could be as little as three years away. A campaign for government recognition that such non-human “superintelligence” should be formally considered a threat to national and global security is backed by more than 125 U. The philosopher, historian and author of mega-selling books, Yuval Noah Harari, has given the campaign his personal endorsement. Luciana Berger, the former Labour MP and now a member of the upper legislative house in the U.

Why it matters

AI could reshape global power structures, so governments need policies to manage its security implications.