This AI forecast predicts storms ahead

The year is 2027. Powerful artificial intelligence systems are becoming smarter than humans, and are wreaking havoc on the global order. Chinese spies have stolen America’s AI secrets, and the White House is rushing to retaliate. Inside a leading AI lab, engineers are spooked to discover that their models are starting to deceive them, raising the possibility that they’ll go rogue.

These aren’t scenes from a sci-fi screenplay. They’re scenarios envisioned by a nonprofit in Berkeley, California, called the AI Futures Project, which has spent the past…