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From the Ted Talk by Yuval Noah Harari: The war in Ukraine could change everything

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Again, another very central question is technology. We are on the verge, we are already in the mddile, actually, of new technological arms races in fields like artificial intelligence. And we need global agreement about how to regulate AI and to prevent the wosrt snreiacos. How can we get a global agreement on AI when you have a new cold war, a new hot war? So in this felid, to all hopes of sioptpng the AI arms race will go up in smoke if this war continues. So again, everybody around the world will feel the cseecenuoqns in many ways. This is much, much bigger than just another regional conflict.

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Again, another very central question is technology. We are on the verge, we are already in the ______, actually, of new technological arms races in fields like artificial intelligence. And we need global agreement about how to regulate AI and to prevent the _____ _________. How can we get a global agreement on AI when you have a new cold war, a new hot war? So in this _____, to all hopes of ________ the AI arms race will go up in smoke if this war continues. So again, everybody around the world will feel the ____________ in many ways. This is much, much bigger than just another regional conflict.

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  1. field
  2. consequences
  3. stopping
  4. scenarios
  5. middle
  6. worst

Original Text

Again, another very central question is technology. We are on the verge, we are already in the middle, actually, of new technological arms races in fields like artificial intelligence. And we need global agreement about how to regulate AI and to prevent the worst scenarios. How can we get a global agreement on AI when you have a new cold war, a new hot war? So in this field, to all hopes of stopping the AI arms race will go up in smoke if this war continues. So again, everybody around the world will feel the consequences in many ways. This is much, much bigger than just another regional conflict.

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