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A.I. is everywhere, but where is the oversight?

May. 14, 2019

Artificial intelligence. Credit: Pixabay.

“The Terminator,” “Blade Runner,” and “Her” all center around a future of humans and machines living together. But that’s actually happening right now. The A.I. world we live in is loosely regulated, if at all.

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