The author makes a lot of claims, but doesn't back them up. After reading this article, I can only conclude that she wanted me to fear new AI applications, but

The author makes a lot of claims, but doesn't back them up. After reading this article, I can only conclude that she wanted me to fear new AI applications, but I am not convinced that I should. It's typical media-scare-mongering in the pages of Nature. Probably also worthwhile to point out that when someone in a Western journal says we should regulate an AI application, we should be clear that they mean: Let's regulate it in the West and let other nations pull ahead. That's the market context. AI gets fetishized, but it is a product like many others. If you make claims about it, then you should be able to prove it, otherwise you are committing false advertising. That is to say, AI is already regulated. It remains unclear whether AI requires a new regulatory regime. Personally, I doubt it.