An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
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Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury College
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Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
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Professor of History, Middlebury College
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Professor of Language Studies, Middlebury College
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College
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Professor of the Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Associate Professor of Geography, Middlebury College
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury College
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Professor of Philosophy, Middlebury College
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Senior Education Project Manager and Research Associate, Nonproliferation Education Program, Middlebury College
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Middlebury College
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Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
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Professor Emeritus of Religion, Middlebury College
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Professor of the Practice, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury College
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Professor of Linguistics, Middlebury College
