AI is already causing harm and we need legislation

AI is already causing harm and we need legislation
Artificial intelligence has reached the point where it 'feels real'. (Image: Getty)
Ben Moore
In a now 21-year-old episode of Futurama, I Dated a Robot, protagonist Philip J. Fry enters the metaverse and buys a copy of Lucy Liu’s image and a warped version of her personality, which he uploads to a robot in the physical world to be his girlfriend.It only gets worse when you find out that the information is being forcibly removed from a kidnapped Lucy Liu.As technological advancements edge this reality ever closer, legislation to challenge the inevitable exploitation that the tech risks seems still out of reach.I’m not talking...

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