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Artificial intelligence can now emulate human behaviors – soon it will be dangerously good

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
Is this face just an assembly of computer bits?PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock.com

When artificial intelligence systems start getting creative, they can create great things – and scary ones. Take, for instance, an AI program that let web users compose music along with a virtual Johann Sebastian Bach by entering notes into a program...

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