Smart AI Policy Means Understanding Its Real Harms and Benefits

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The phrase "artificial intelligence" has been around for a long time, covering everything from computers with "brains"-think Data from Star Trek or Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey-to the autocomplete function that too often has you sending emails to the wrong person. It's a term that sweeps a wide array of uses into it-some well-established, others still being developed. Recent news shows us a rapidly expanding catalog of potential harms that may result from companies…