Careless use of AI is the real threat not the ghost stories

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News Summary

  • Meredith Whittaker is the boss of the Signal Foundation, which runs the encrypted messaging app of the same name.
  • She believes warnings of AI turning on humanity is a fear "not anchored in science" Signal has an estimated 40-70 million users - a drop in the ocean next to WhatsApp, which has billions.
  • It is renowned for its tough stance on protecting users' privacy - it hides who is sending a message from its own servers, limiting the data available to outside observers or hackers.
I put to Whittaker a case from Canada, where police officers shared racist and misogynistic messages in a Signal group which leaked only when one of them passed it on to the media.

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