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Examining a Benevolent Dictator Artificial intelligence Takeover Scenario

“Benevolent dictatorship” is an oxymoron – a figure of speech composed of antithetical concepts. Despite its incongruity, this phrase and near-synonym “benevolent autocracy” have been applied to regimes of political leaders throughout history with the presumption of “benevolence” based on leaders’ stated intentions regardless of violence inflicted in their rule.

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