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Science Fiction Won’t Kill You, but the Terms of Service Will

The National Interest

October 23, 2025

CSET’s Ali Crawford shared her expert perspective in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In her piece, she explores how science fiction, from Black Mirror and Her to Cyberpunk 2077, reveals that the true danger of artificial intelligence is not killer robots but the corporate systems quietly reshaping human behavior and autonomy.

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