Big Tech need not give artificial intelligence a bad name

Big Tech need not give artificial intelligence a bad name. It seems strange to write from a Middle Eastern city about the real or imagined risks of artificial intelligence at a time when an Iranian proxy poses a clear and present danger to the region’s stability and prosperity. But the wars of today will not last forever. The Gulf states must prepare for a future increasingly shaped by advances in AI and other technologies emerging from laboratories in distant California and Texas. Given their enormous investments in AI research and infrastructure, Gulf