STEPHEN HAWKING WARNS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD END MANKIND (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, December 02, 2014, 12:02

Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence.

He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."

His warning came in response to a question about a revamp of the technology he uses to communicate, which involves a basic form of AI.

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