The AI Threat
Nouriel Roubini is Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Chairman of Roubini Macro Associates (www.nourielroubini.com), and a world-renowned economist. You may follow him on X @Nouriel. This essay is an edited and adapted excerpt from his latest book entitled MegaThreats: Ten Dangerous Trends that Imperil our Future, and How to Survive Them (2022).
From Shocking to Mundane
Manolis Kellis is Professor at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. You may follow him on X @manoliskellis. John D’Agostino is a Senior Advisor at Coinbase, Lecturer at MIT and Columbia Universities,
The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them
Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Senior Faculty Fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He is also Founder and Managing Director of Greenmantle LLC, an advisory firm. You may follow him on X @nfergus. This essay originally appeared in April 2023 as a Bloomberg Opinion piece and has been adapted and reprinted with permission of the author.
Humanity’s Greatest Existential Crisis
David L. Shrier is a Professor of Practice in AI and Innovation at Imperial College Business School in London and co-head of the Trusted AI Institute. He is also Managing Director of venture studio Visionary Future LLC. You may follow him on X @DavidShrier or connect with him on LinkedIn.
Nurturing Sustainable Digital Dialogue for a Multipolar World
Miloš Jovanović is President of the OpenLink Group, an IT development corporation, and an Assistant Professor at the Metropolitan University in Belgrade, Serbia. You may follow him on X @milos002.
China’s AI Regulations and How They Get Made
Matt Sheehan is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in global technology and China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem. You may follow him on Twitter @mattsheehan88. This essay is an adapted version of a July 2023 working paper, originally published as part of the “Reverse engineering Chinese AI Governance” study series of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The Geopolitics of AI Chips will Define the Future of AI
Rob Toews is a partner at Radical Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on artificial intelligence and deep tech. You may follow him on X @_RobToews. The author is also an AI columnist for Forbes, which published the original version of this essay in May 2023.
Nourishing the Future
Ali Faqeeh is a food security and entrepreneurship expert, analyst at the Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (DERASAT), Non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and member of the London-based MENA 2050 organization.
The AI Opportunity
GPT-4 is a large language model created by OpenAI, an American AI research lab. It is the fourth in the series of GPT foundation models. This essay was entirely generated by GPT 4 with minimal guidance from the Horizons editorial team. Erroneous and fabricated references have been eliminated to improve the reading experience.
Going Nuclear?
David Backovsky is an Associate at the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School and the host of the Berlin Security Beat podcast. You may follow him on X @BackovskyDavid. Joanna J. Bryson is Professor of Ethics and Technology at the Hertie School in Berlin, and one of the world’s leading experts on AI, ethics, and collaborative cognition. You may follow her on X, mastodon, or bluesky @j2bryson, or on LinkedIn https://de.linkedin.com/in/bryson. The authors would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Ronny Patz for his invaluable contributions during the conceptualization phase of this piece and his insightful editorial comments that greatly enhanced the overall quality of the article.