Opinions P.M.: One potential side effect of AI? Human extinction.

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Washington Post illustration) One potential side effect of AI? Human extinction. With all our global instability and still-nascent grasp on tech, adding in ASI would be lighting a match next to a fireworks factory. By Émile P. Torres ●  Read more »   Blue-state residents are 'real' Americans, too MAGA Republicans don't have an exclusive claim to Americanness. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   Those rock-bottom interest rates weren't going to last forever We've been living off cheap borrowed money for a long time. By Megan McArdle ●  Read more »   Cartoon by Jeff Danziger An editorial guest cartoon from Jeff Danziger of the Rutland Herald Read more »   Tennessee abortion ban wreaks havoc with women's medical care The impact of Tennessee's cruel and dangerous abortion ban is already evident. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The damning new DOJ filing implicates Trump more deeply than ever Trump's screams of a cover-up are resulting in transparency that is further damning him. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Trump aggravates the GOP's national security and crime problem Biden made the critical connection between Republicans' lawlessness and crime. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Trump's loony rants should remind the GOP his nomination would be disastrous Trump is nuts. Yet Republicans won't dump him. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   In politics, sometimes it's riskier to keep a promise than break one Republicans realized their Roe v. Wade dream. Biden withdrew U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Both presented problems. Now comes student-loan debt forgiveness. By Charles Lane ●  Read more »   David Halberstam's 'The Best and the Brightest' at 50 still casts a long shadow A lingering legacy of Vietnam, partly perpetrated by Halberstam's memorably titled book, is a comfortable, self-congratulatory populism. By George F. Will ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Chinese companies are leaving U.S. stock exchanges. Good riddance. We shouldn't be helping American investors to put money into risky Chinese companies By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »   Chile should send its proposed constitution back for a rewrite Initial public optimism has faded amid concerns about the competence and balance of the assembly. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Mississippians with no water to drink? Blame racial politics. Where there's no electoral competition and White Republicans rule, maintaining basic infrastructure for Black residents is optional. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Youngkin's options for an abortion ban dim Abortion politics have changed markedly in the past few months, particularly for those candidates facing voters in November. By Norman Leahy ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the biggest story in politics — that can be read in 5 minutes or less. Sign up »

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