Stephen Hawking says AI will replace humans as dominant being on Earth!
Professor Stephen Hawking has stated that Artificial Intelligence will soon replace humans as the dominant being on Earth.
Professor Stephen Hawking has stated that Artificial Intelligence will soon replace humans as the dominant being on Earth.
During an interview with Wired Magazine, Hawking said, "I fear that AI may replace humans altogether. If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans." He also added that the real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. "A superintelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in trouble."
In 2016, at the opening of Cambridge University’s artificial intelligence centre, Professor Hawking said that AI could either be the best or worst invention humanity has ever made. He added, "This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans. The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge. We cannot predict what we might achieve, when our own minds are amplified by AI."