Anticipatory AI Ethics
Recent experience has starkly demonstrated that merely reacting to technological change—whether from AI or from digital innovation more broadly—is insufficient. The world urgently need to proactively forestall rather than just respond to technological impacts.
by Seth Lazar
published by on May 1, 2025
Knight 1st Amendment Institute
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