Hawking: RISE of the MACHINES could DESTROY HUMANITY [View all]

[steve2470]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/stephen_hawking_says_ai_will_supersede_humans/

Professor Stephen Hawking has given his new voice box a workout by once again predicting that artificial intelligence will spell humanity's doom.

In a chat with the BBC, Hawking said “the primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have have proved very useful, but the I think the development of true artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

Hawking argues that “once humans develop artificial intelligence, it will take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate.”

“Humans limited by slow biological evolution cannot compete and will be superseded.”