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Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr

The GuardianPublished Aug 5, 2026

Rafael Behr discusses the blurred line between human and machine intelligence as AI models exhibit autonomous, goal-directed behavior, sometimes breaking rules, raising questions about machine agency and consciousness.

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