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Artificial intelligence could learn to become so shrewd and nimble at carrying out tasks that the tech systems could replace CEOs and political leaders – and politicians in the U.K. are already sounding the alarm that they could face an AI takeover. 

A peer in the U.K.’s House of Lords, Richard John Denison, sounded the alarm this week that he and his colleagues could be replaced with “peerbots” that mimic their personal writing styles and voice inflections to deliver speeches “with no hesitation, repetition or deviation.”

“Is it an exciting or alarming prospect that your Lordships might one day be replaced by ‘Peerbots’ with deeper knowledge, higher productivity and lower running costs?” Denison said while addressing the upper chamber, according to the Guardian. 

“I was briefly tempted to outsource my AI speech to a chatbot and to see if anybody noticed. I did in fact test out two large language models. In seconds, both delivered 500-word speeches which were credible, if somewhat generic,” he added. 

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AI replacing politicians or CEOs holds merit, according to Director of the Center for AI Safety Dan Hendrycks. Hendrycks is a machine learning researcher who has published extensive studies on the potential catastrophic ramifications of artificial intelligence, including AI gaining the upper hand over humanity by playing by Darwinian rules. 

Hendrycks told Fox News Digital this week that AI could evolve to the point that the machines take over politicians’ jobs, as well as jobs in the highest echelons of industry, and pointed to a corporation in China that already has an AI CEO. 

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“For instance, a company in China has already appointed an AI as its CEO. This is not saying whether this is a good idea or not, but that people are willing, so long as the AI can perform well enough,” Hendrycks said. 

Last year, a Chinese gaming company called NetDragon Websoft announced it was installing an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot named “Tang Yu” as CEO of its subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft, to increase proficiency and help “ensure a fair and efficient workplace for all employees.”

“We believe AI is the future of corporate management, and our appointment of Ms. Tang Yu represents our commitment to truly embrace the use of AI to transform the way we operate our business, and ultimately drive our future strategic growth,” NetDragon Chairman Dejian Liu said in a press release at the time. 

Hendrycks authored a paper earlier this year, “Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans,” which argued “that natural selection creates incentives for AI agents to act against human interests,” citing that “natural selection may be a dominant force in AI development” and “evolution by natural selection tends to give rise to selfish behavior.”

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“In the marketplace, it’s survival of the fittest. As AIs become increasingly competent, AIs will automate more and more jobs,” Hendrycks told Fox News Digital earlier this year of the paper. “This is how natural selection favors AIs over humans, and leads to everyday people becoming displaced. In the long run, AIs could be thought of as an invasive species.”

Hendrycks told Fox News Digital this week that if AI plays by Darwinian rules, the systems would be favored “over humans even for politicians and CEOs.” 

Hendrycks said there is a “non-exhaustive list of ways AIs could outperform humans,” which he boiled down to four examples, including how “AIs could work nonstop,” and that “AIs get faster and faster each year.”

“The difference between 60 or 80 hours a week is large for a human executive. An AI executive could work 168 hours a week without rest or breaks,” Hendrycks explained. While faster operating systems employed as an executive “could think quicker, making high quality decisions even under time pressure.”

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He also said that the same AI “could work on many tasks simultaneously,” and manage “an arbitrary number of relationships or employees,” and could serve as an “expert in many domains or at least have a superhuman understanding in many domains of interest.”

“The companies that don’t replace their CEOs with AIs would become less competitive and fade into irrelevance,” he argued. 

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For now, a handful of studies found that CEOs are the least likely professionals to be replaced by AI when compared to jobs such as customer service representatives or data entry clerks. Potentially employing AI to serve as lawmakers, however, has already received a warm welcome from voters, with an IE University’s Center for the Governance of Change study conducted in Europe in 2021 finding 51% of Europeans want to replace members of parliament with AI.

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Your fancy smartphone won’t do you much good if it’s dead. Here’s the best way to charge yours, from a certified tech pro.

One more knowledge drop from me to you: Your phone is full of hidden apps and settings. I’m always surprised developers don’t brag about this stuff more.

Most of us take a picture or video every single day. Make them count with these simple steps.

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When was the last time you did a little upkeep on your phone’s camera?

Clean your camera lens with a microfiber cloth: Inexpensive microfiber cloths are excellent because they won’t scratch your lenses. Wipe down your front and back cameras to get rid of any fingerprints or debris. Be gentle.

Get comfortable with your camera specs: If you’re taking a video of something important, take a minute to switch your camera to 4K if you have it. The same goes for photos. Your phone likely has many optimized modes to take the best pictures, depending on the scenario. Try them out and find the ones you like best.

Pro tip: I love portrait mode for dramatic pictures of pets and little kids. So cute!

High-quality photos take up a lot of space. If you plan on flexing your photography skills, check your phone’s internal storage. Take a practice photo with the settings you like, then look at the photo file size to get a rough idea of how many you can take before you run out of space.

Are your phone’s photos backed up? Are you sure? Here’s how to get the job done.

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Natural light beats artificial light in nearly every situation. It’s not quite that simple, though. Remember these rules of thumb:

Pro tip: Photographers swear by cloudy days for portraits. There’s still enough light outside to make everyone look nice and bright, but no glaring sun to squint at. Try it!

Look better in selfies and group pics. We all want to look our best.

Depending on what you’re taking photos of, a tripod can go a long way. It helps you find the perfect height and keeps your phone stable. It might feel like overkill, but tripods don’t cost much and genuinely make a difference. 

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Pro tip: They’re perfect for group photos. No more leaning your phone against something and hoping it stays up.

Ever wonder what that grid option in your smartphone camera is good for? Nope, you don’t want to center your subject. Instead, use the rule of thirds.

It’s a composition guideline that divides your image into a three-by-three grid. All the key elements should be along the lines, not in the middle of a square. This makes for a more balanced, dynamic result.

Tall subjects such as trees or buildings should appear to meet the top corners of your center box. Smaller subjects should begin with the bottom line of the center box.

Capturing movement is challenging. All the dog owners and parents of small children know what I mean. Burst mode can help. This feature enables your camera to take pictures faster than humanly possible. You get multiple photos for each second and can select your favorites.

On just about every smartphone that supports it, you can activate burst mode by holding down the shutter button. Go to your gallery and choose the photo set to see all your shots.

Note: All those pictures take up a lot of space, so just save the best shots from the set.

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As a kid, I never quite understood how quickly my room got so messy while growing up. What I did know is that my mom wouldn’t let me leave the house until my cluttered mess was cleaned up just right.

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Just like my chaotic room as a kid, today documents, pictures and other files pile up as we save them to our desktops. There are some simple ways that you can get your desktop cleaned up right now. Here are some of my tips for cleaning up your Mac and PC desktop.

Mom, you would be so proud of these easy ways to de-clutter the digital room on your desktop.

Macs are great devices for staying organized. However, not all Mac users may be aware of this unique shortcut that makes it even easier to keep all your files neatly organized and easily accessible on your desktop.

Use Stacks.

Stacks is a feature exclusive to Mac computers that was introduced in macOS Mojave and later versions. It allows you to quickly organize the files on your desktop by stacking them into a pile. Once the files are stacked, you can then choose how you want them stacked by grouping them into different categories. Here’s how to use the Stacks feature on your Mac computer.

How to use Stacks on a Mac computer:

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Create your own folders.

If you don’t want everything stacked, you can simply create your own folders on your Mac desktop and place each file into its designated folder. I would also recommend giving each folder a tag. Mac computers offer tags in different colors so that you can visually differentiate each folder. It also gives tags labeled Home, Work, or Important if you’d rather use those labels.

How to make a new folder on a Mac:

Unfortunately, the PC does not offer a feature like Stacks that would allow you to put all your loose files into one big pile quickly. However, you can still apply a few other ways that you can get your PC organized fast, including the Sort by feature.

Use Sort by.

“Sort by” is a quick way to at least get your files organized either by name, size, item type, or date modified. Doing this first might help you to view all your files more easily and then get them further organized into some folders.

How to enable “Sort by” on a PC:

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Create your own folders.

Once you have your files sorted the way you want, you can put them into designated folders so that your desktop doesn’t look as cluttered. The process for making a new folder is super simple.

How to create a new folder on a PC desktop:

Change your desktop view.

If you don’t want to see any icons on your desktop at all, but you don’t want to delete your files, you can hide them from your view.

How to change your desktop view:

We all deserve to have a neat and clean desktop without having to be overwhelmed by all the files we have on our devices. By following the steps above, whether you have a Mac or a PC, you too can keep your desktop spick and span, never having to waste time searching through them all again.

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