“We spend a great deal of time studying history,” Hawking said, “which, let’s face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Huw Price is the centre’s academic director. The rise of robots: forget evil AI – the real risk is far more insidious Read more“The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,” he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could wreak on humanity.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2016 20:05 UTC