# Here are six real AI dangers to watch out for in 2019

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**Created:** [January 12, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/here-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/5191 "2019-01-12T22:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/here-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/5191/1 "2019-01-12T22:14:57Z")

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> **[Never mind killer robots—here are six real AI dangers to watch out for in 2019](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612689/never-mind-killer-robotshere-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/)**
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> Last year a string of controversies revealed a darker (and dumber) side to artificial intelligence.

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**Author:** ![jimmyw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/jimmyw/32/1485_2.png) [@jimmyw](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jimmyw)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/here-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/5191/2 "2019-01-12T23:01:16Z")

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DHH wrote a good piece a few months back along similar lines:

> **[The AI apocalypse is already here – Signal v. Noise](https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-ai-apocalypse-is-already-here-3bd3267cc151?gi=6e6c1c324957)**
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> We don’t need to wait for the singularity before artificial intelligence becomes capable of turning the world into a dystopian nightmare…

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**Author:** ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/here-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/5191/3 "2019-01-13T03:06:58Z")

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What is going on with “social capital” and face recognition in China sounds like something out of dystopian science fiction and it’s happening right now.

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**Author:** ![jimmyw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/jimmyw/32/1485_2.png) [@jimmyw](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jimmyw)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/here-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/5191/4 "2019-01-13T03:27:35Z")

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Absolutely is. If you watch the TV series Black Mirror (one of my favourites), you’d recognise it’s basically the plot of the “Nosedive” episode: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive\_(Black\_Mirror)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror))

I can’t imagine what it would be like to work at companies that are following the actual plot line of something in the dystopian genre.