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Monsters of AI: AI Psychosis, Lethal Drones, Decaying Data, Speculative Bubbles
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Oct 29, 2025
Tech & Society
Autonomous Systems Wage War: Drones are redefining warfare. What if humans lose control?
Drones are becoming the deadliest weapons in today’s war zones, and they’re not just following orders. Should AI decide who lives or dies?
Machine Learning Research
Web Data Diminishes: What if online publishers make it harder and more expensive to train models?
For decades, AI developers have treated the web as an open faucet of training data. Now publishers are shutting the tap. Will web data dry up?
Business
The AI Boom Is Bound to Bust: What if big investments in AI models, data centers, and hot startups don't pay off?
Leading AI companies are spending mountains of cash in hopes that the technology will deliver outsize profits before investors lose patience. Are exuberant bets on big returns grounded in the quicksand of wishful thinking?
Tech & Society
Chatbots Lead Users Into Rabbit Holes: When paranoia, delusions, and other signs of mental illness meet AI
Conversations with chatbots are loosening users’ grips on reality, fueling the sorts of delusions that can trigger episodes of severe mental illness. Are AI models driving us insane?
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