Advancements in autonomous systems and machine intelligence may soon enable states to project force and collect revenue without relying on human cooperation, potentially undermining the fundamental bargain between power and people that has sustained individual freedom throughout history

Advancements in real-world autonomous systems may soon mean that states will be able to project force—domestically and internationally—without relying on cooperative soldiers or police officers. And advancements in machine intelligence may mean that the state can collect the revenue it needs not from the fruit of individual human labor, but from the outputs of data centers.

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