{"id":219803,"date":"2026-03-04T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:05:19","slug":"will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Will We Govern AI, or Will AI Govern Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us-commentary\/\">Will We Govern AI, or Will AI Govern Us?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us-commentary\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us-commentary\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-04 09:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Editors&#8217; note: Welcome to CNET&#8217;s new series of guest columns called Alt View, which will be a forum for a diverse array of experts and luminaries to share their insights into the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence. We&#8217;re kicking it off with Vasant Dhar, an AI researcher, data scientist and host of the podcast Brave New World. For more AI coverage, check out CNET&#8217;s AI Atlas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">I was 11 years old when I first watched Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>I was captivated by the imagery of flashing oscilloscopes and screens of gobbledygook, but I was way too young to get the subtlety of the plot at the time. I hadn&#8217;t seen a computer, other than in movies. AI was not part of my imagination.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>I rewatched the movie recently. Although its whiz-bang effects have not aged well, the plot remains incredibly forward-thinking and, we can now say, prescient. The story revolves around the discovery of a Stonehenge-like monolith discovered near Jupiter that is sending a strong signal to one of Jupiter&#8217;s moons, indicating the presence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The spaceship Discovery is sent to investigate the mysterious object. The true purpose of the mission is known only to Discovery&#8217;s computer, HAL.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"A glowing translucent lightbulb, held by a hand, in front of lighted lines suggesting a circuit board\" height=\"618.5615763546798\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>HAL&#8217;s directive is to ensure the success of the mission. This includes safeguarding its secrecy and assisting the crew by providing them with correct information at all times. HAL can&#8217;t move, but can see, hear, talk and monitor every part of the craft. In effect, the governance of the mission rests largely in the hands of AI.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Things go wrong when HAL apparently malfunctions. The astronauts are advised to turn off HAL&#8217;s cognitive functions for the remainder of the mission.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>When Dave returns to the ship after his futile attempt to save Frank, whose lifeline had been severed while he was on a spacewalk, he asks HAL to open the pod bay doors to let him inside. HAL&#8217;s response is the most famous line of the movie:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry Dave,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us-commentary\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will We Govern AI, or Will AI Govern Us? https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/will-we-govern-ai-or-will-ai-govern-us-commentary\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-04 09:01:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/25ad36e807e2c9cb2bbd10de8cdc5f50f97fe774\/hub\/2026\/03\/02\/31452bea-2f0d-48c6-bce4-d0e77013b35c\/gettyimages-169412456.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-219803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219805,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219803\/revisions\/219805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}