HRF’s Gladstein warns AI centralization risks human rights, calls for local control

Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), has voiced concerns about the rising centralization of artificial intelligence, arguing it poses a significant threat to global freedom. Rejecting claims that AI’s greatest danger is the extinction of humanity, Gladstein believes the real risk lies in AI systems controlled by authoritarian governments and major corporations, potentially enabling widespread surveillance and repression. In a recent interview, Gladstein asserted that public fears of an existential “AI will kill us all” scenario are exaggerated and serve largely as propaganda.

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