AI, wars, and elections: A look into 2024
Artificial Intelligence ruled 2023-- its discovery, usage, abuse, and a potential threat to jobs-- the new year 2024 can expect a changed stance of this discovery- based on takes the seat of governance. 2023 saw AI boost stock prices, and a profound shift in how humans function. 2024 will see regulators all over the world scrambling to impose rules on this rapidly growing technology.
Let's address the elephant in the room first On October 7 in 2023, Hamas fighters from Gaza launched an attack on Israel killing at least 1,200 people. In retaliation, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched an attack on the densely populated Gaza Strip, killing over 20,000 people, most of who are innocent civilians. World leaders, barring some, had stood behind Netanyahu in his effort to ‘defend Israel’.
However, Netanyahu has found himself increasingly isolated as Israel's attack on Gaza entered a 12th week. Palestinians in Gaza found themselves displaced in yet another re-run of the 1948 Nakba, only magnified this time. Gaza Health Ministry has said more than 20,000 Palestinians, including over 5,000 children have died due to Israeli attack in Gaza.
The war that is taking place further in the north has been going on for close to two years now, draining much of United States coffers as Israel join the need-for-aid list. Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to fight in Ukraine’s east and the south, but momentum on both sides has ground to a near halt. The key to any change in the stalemate lies as much in Washington and Brussels – and the West’s appetite for continued help for Ukraine – as it does in Moscow and Kyiv.
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