Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI): Panacea or Disaster? Part 1: Setting the Context 
Tony Blair Continues Push for Centralization of British Data 
BBC Finds Chatbots Distort and Mislead About Current Affairs 
Government Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index for 2019
As expected, some countries in the world have no capacity to take advantage of AI developments. Could this lead to greater social inequalities?
Articles
Samsung Neon: an AI that looks and behaves like human
Samsung and its partners are building an AI that can be our friends, collaborators, and companions. Could this be the precursor to an artificial general intelligence?
Cerebras creates the first “complete solution” AI chip
Cerebras has built the world’s fastest all-in-one AI chip. How long before it will be used for AGI research?
How democracies can turn out to become digital dictators
Political unrests are cropping up in various places in India, and the Indian government has resorted to internet blackout to control citizen resistance.
Can Russia create an isolated internet?
The Russian government may not have the capacity to shutdown the internet in the entire country, but its capacity to control and collect digital information is growing with every test.
The impetus for creating generalized intelligence has arrived
Experts thought that It will take AGI 45 years to be developed, but if more AI developers focus on this endeavor, can this lead to the emergence of an AGI within our lifetimes?
The world has a plan to regulate AI, but the US doesn’t like it
Will the G7 countries prioritize societal health over AI development?
New foundations for a science of consciousness
A new science of consciousness is beyond neuroscience. It needs philosophy the acceptance that there are truths that are unobservable.
Why do countries censor the internet?
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/countries-censor-the-internet/58366/
The internet and a new understanding of the First Amendment
Social media and the internet has opened new issues in the way laws are implemented. How may these impact future laws?
