Ideas By Paul Scharre September 14, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Scharre is vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and the author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence   Artificial intelligence is poised to deliver tremendous benefits to society. But, as many have pointed out , it could also bring unprecedented new horrors . As a general-purpose technology, the same tools that will advance scientific discovery could also be used to