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There's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to artificial intelligence.

Technologists love to talk about all the good these tools can do in the world,

all the problems they might solve. And yet, many of those same technologists are also warning us about all the ways AI might upend society.

It's not really clear which if either of these narratives are true.

But three things do seem to be true.

One, change is coming.

Two, it's coming whether we like it or not. Hell, even as I write this document,

Google Gemini is asking me how it can help me today? It can't. Today's intro is 100% human made.

And finally, it's abundantly clear that AI will affect all of us.

Yet, very few of us have any say in how this technology is being developed and used.

So who does have a say?

And why are they so worried about an AI apocalypse? And how are their beliefs shaping our future?

I'm Sean Elling, and editorial director Julia Longoria.

She spent nearly a year digging into the AI industry, trying to understand some of the people

who are shaping artificial

intelligence and why so many of them believe that AI is a threat to humanity. She turned that

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