AI Wars 2024: The Race for Ethical Artificial Intelligence

2024 will see the intensification of a global race to define the future of artificial intelligence. On one side stands the authoritarian models of regime powers like China, rapidly deploying unconstrained technologies for population control and social engineering at an unprecedented scale. Their goal is clear - leverage AI capability to cement Information Age totalitarianism through ubiquitous surveillance, predictive policing, fine-grained social scoring and sweeping censorship. In the West as well, certain interests are consolidating control over behavioral data trails, internet infrastructure and public discourse. Left unchecked, such privatized power risks enabling digital surveillance states through backdoor. The line between liberation and oppression grows thin as commercial priorities prioritize monetization and advertiser satisfaction over informed consent. Rogue elements anywhere could weaponize emerging systems for political destabilization, intimidation or election interferenc