idreesahmad.bsky.social
Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
👤 Joined on 09 August 2023
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@idreesahmad.bsky.socialOnce a skeptic about AI doomsaying, @idreesahmad.bsky.social examines the dangers of the race toward superintelligence — and argues that public oversight can’t wait.
Show PostEditor’s Pick: The stakes in the race to build new AI models are high, and the fate of humanity can’t be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs, writes @idreesahmad.bsky.social .
Show PostICYMI: Long skeptical of the doomsaying about AI, @idreesahmad.bsky.social now argues that the potential risks it poses to humanity are too great to be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs.
Show PostMy book, Unruly Subjects, is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social 📘✨ For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
Show PostI think this fantastic essay is probably the last word on the Odyssey discourse newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
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