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If there is anything that can be agreed upon, and there are few even among specialists, it is that artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex phenomenon, rendered all the more so by its integration into complex human institutions and modes of interaction. There is perhaps no more complicated and layered an interaction as international relations (IR).
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For example, “On March 17, 2014, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook southern California. The first story about the quake on the LA Times’ website—a brief, factual account posted within minutes—was written entirely by an algorithm.” See also Oremus, Will. 2014 (March 17). “The first news report on the L.A. earthquake was written by a robot,” Slate.
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The trouble, as Kissinger sees it, begins with Internet culture: “The digital world’s emphasis on speed inhibits reflection; its incentive empowers the radical over the thoughtful; its values are shaped by subgroup consensus, not by introspection. For all its achievements, it runs the risk of turning on itself as its impositions overwhelm its conveniences.”
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Ndzendze, B., Marwala, T. (2023). Introduction. In: Artificial Intelligence and International Relations Theories. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4877-0_1
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