How might AI wipe out humanity?
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode. According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship. Military planes were in the air, one of those sources and another source familiar with the incident said.
It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying. CNN was not able to learn what the misidentified cargo was.
The report, according to one of the sources, was “entirely false.” But it also “almost started a war,” the source said. Any US operation against a Chinese vessel could have risked spiraling into an armed conflict between the two nations.
It’s the lack of negotiation that would bother Adam Smith. (Shop with an impoverished buddy?)
Seattle Is Poised to Ban Supermarket Algorithmic Price Discrimination
This coming Tuesday, in an effort to crack down on price gouging and discrimination, the Seattle City Council will vote on a bill prohibiting large grocery store companies from using customer personal information to customize prices and discounts.
Proposed by Mayor Katie Wilson and Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, the legislation will require grocery stores with more than 20 locations worldwide to stop using personal data to set individualized prices and discounts. It would also apply to third party delivery apps such as Instacart, as well as mixed-used stores like Target.
The idea that grocery companies are charging different people different prices based on their past purchases sounds like a futuristic dystopia. But it’s not far off. The practice isn’t in brick and mortar stores yet, but it’s a widespread reality for online shopping. And they’ve already been hoarding your data for years.
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Take 5: Time to Negotiate
Negotiations are critical in the business world and rarely easy to navigate. Kellogg faculty offer insight and research-backed advice on how to negotiate effectively: lead the discussion during a negotiation—when viable—to secure a better outcome; broaden your perspective about what is negotiable; use delays to gain an edge; find common ground by focusing on the issues rather than the person; and look beyond binaries by brainstorming together. less
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