Stephen Hawking Warning About Artificial Intelligence

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This is something interesting to think about. His opinion on artificial intelligence is eerily similar to what one feels in their bones to be true.

Legendary astrophysicist, author and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has written an article that warns about the dangers of artificial intelligence,(AI). He looks at the way technology is moving forward, and what predictions have been made about the future. The article was part of a paper that Hawking co-wrote with fellow science professors Stuart Russell a computer-science professor at Berkley University and physics professors Frank Wilczek and Max Tegmark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Stephen Hawking was inspired to write the piece after watching Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman. The film, which is in cinemas at the moment, looks at two opposing possible futures for humanity. One is the road in which AI is a strong and crucial part of our existence and taking over many aspects of human life. The other is an anti-technology perspective. However, Hawking warns about dismissing this sort of artificial intelligence simply as science fiction.


Read more at http://guardianlv.com/2014/05/stephe...9oUKpzJ5v0P.99