Stephen Hawking: AI Could “Spell the End of the Human Race”
Okay, so Stephen Hawking has admittedly been dead for several years, but this seemed like a relevant quote to throw into the mix. Back in 2014, Hawking warned that artificial intelligence could ultimately “spell the end of the human race.” In an interview with BBC, Hawking made a number of other pessimistic predictions: “It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate,” he said, while also noting that “humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.” Look, Hawking may not have stuck around to see the AI chatbot craze currently sweeping the nation but he was a pretty smart guy! Maybe we should heed his warnings.
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