Stephen Hawking is concerned that artificial intelligence could replace humans.
The world-renowned physicist fears that somebody will create AI that will keep improving itself until it’s eventually superior to people.
He says the result of this will be a “new form” of life.
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Designed by Pierpaolo Lazzarini from Italian company Jet Capsule. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.
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A humanoid robot gestures during a demo at a stall in the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX/Tooltech 2017 held in Bangalore
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A humanoid robot gestures during a demo at a stall in the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX/Tooltech 2017 held in Bangalore
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Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea
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Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea
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The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie 'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company
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Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea
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Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi
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Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session
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A test line of a new energy suspension railway resembling the giant panda is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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A test line of a new energy suspension railway, resembling a giant panda, is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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A concept car by Trumpchi from GAC Group is shown at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China
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A Mirai fuel cell vehicle by Toyota is displayed at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China
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A visitor tries a Nissan VR experience at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China
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A man looks at an exhibit entitled 'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London
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A new Israeli Da-Vinci unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by Elbit Systems is displayed during the 4th International conference on Home Land Security and Cyber in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv
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Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S
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The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar. This is a production preview of the Jaguar I-PACE, which will be revealed next year and on the road in 2018
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Japan's On-Art Corp's CEO Kazuya Kanemaru poses with his company's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot 'TRX03' and other robots during a demonstration in Tokyo, Japan
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Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot 'TRX03'
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Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot 'TRX03' performs during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan
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Singulato Motors co-founder and CEO Shen Haiyin poses in his company's concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China
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The interior of Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China
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Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0
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A picture shows Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China
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Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo. The Connected company is a part of seven Toyota in-house companies that was created in April 2016
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A Toyota Motors employee demonstrates a smartphone app with the company's pocket plug-in hybrid (PHV) service on the cockpit of the latest Prius hybrid vehicle during Toyota's "connected strategy" press briefing in Tokyo
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An exhibitor charges the battery cells of AnyWalker, an ultra-mobile chasis robot which is able to move in any kind of environment during Singapore International Robo Expo
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A robot with a touch-screen information apps stroll down the pavillon at the Singapore International Robo Expo
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An exhibitor demonstrates the AnyWalker, an ultra-mobile chasis robot which is able to move in any kind of environment during Singapore International Robo Expo
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Robotic fishes swim in a water glass tank displayed at the Korea pavillon during Singapore International Robo Expo
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An employee shows a Samsung Electronics' Gear S3 Classic during Korea Electronics Show 2016 in Seoul, South Korea
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Visitors experience Samsung Electronics' Gear VR during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea
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Amy Rimmer, Research Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, demonstrates the car manufacturer's Advanced Highway Assist in a Range Rover, which drives the vehicle, overtakes and can detect vehicles in the blind spot, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
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Chris Burbridge, Autonomous Driving Software Engineer for Tata Motors European Technical Centre, demonstrates the car manufacturer's GLOSA V2X functionality, which is connected to the traffic lights and shares information with the driver, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
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Ford EEBL Emergency Electronic Brake Lights is demonstrated during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
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Full-scale model of 'Kibo' on display at the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center, in Tsukuba, north-east of Tokyo, Japan
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Miniatures on display at the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center, in Tsukuba, north-east of Tokyo, Japan. In its facilities, JAXA develop satellites and analyse their observation data, train astronauts for utilization in the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo' of the International Space Station (ISS) and develop launch vehicles
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The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to the music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight. At this biennial event, the participating companies exhibit their latest service robotic technologies and components
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The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight
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Government and industry are working together on a robot-like autopilot system that could eliminate the need for a second human pilot in the cockpit
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Aurora Flight Sciences' technicians work on an Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automantion System (ALIAS) device in the firm's Centaur aircraft at Manassas Airport in Manassas, Va.
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Stefan Schwart and Udo Klingenberg preparing a self-built flight simulator to land at Hong Kong airport, from Rostock, Germany
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“I fear that AI may replace humans altogether,” he said in an interview with Wired magazine, seen by Cambridge News.
“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.”
This is far from the first time Mr Hawking has spoken out about the development of AI.
Earlier this year, he called for technology to be controlled in order to prevent it from destroying the human race, and said humans need to find a way to identify potential threats quickly, before they have a chance to escalate and endanger civilisation.
Back in 2015, he also expressed fears that AI could grow so powerful it might end up killing humans unintentionally.
“The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence,” he said. “A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren't aligned with ours, we're in trouble.”
An ex-Uber employee was recently found to have set up a non-profit religious organisation calling for the creation of an artificial intelligence “Godhead” that humans would worship.
Elon Musk, who has also expressed major concerns over AI, said he should be “on the list of people who should absolutely *not* be allowed to develop digital superintelligence”.
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First from 1945, The Way We Think, from the Atlantic Monthly is the Article to which the term MEMEX is coined from and the editor notes this in the introduction:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/
As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. In this significant article he holds up an incentive for scientists when the fighting has ceased. He urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making more accessible our bewildering store of knowledge. For years inventions have extended man's physical powers rather than the powers of his mind. Trip hammers that multiply the fists, microscopes that sharpen the eye, and engines of destruction and detection are new results, but not the end results, of modern science. Now, says Dr. Bush, instruments are at hand which, if properly developed, will give man access to and command over the inherited knowledge of the ages. The perfection of these pacific instruments should be the first objective of our scientists as they emerge from their war work. Like Emerson's famous address of 1837 on "The American Scholar," this paper by Dr. Bush calls for a new relationship between thinking man and the sum of our knowledge. —THE EDITOR
This has not been a scientist's war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. Now, for many, this appears to be approaching an end. What are the scientists to do next?
[ continued reading from link above ]
-------Also from the 1940s Decade we are brought the Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs. For if A.I. intelligent not to kill it's creators is to be platformed, it must take these into all fundamental decision making processes. But that is just one piece.
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She at this point in time is an artificial intelligence of persuasive technology called a social actor. This is described in the QR Code Link of my Avatar.
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For Makta.Pond is much more than just a social actor when you realize that it is my owners attempt to create this presence on the web as a COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT to members of a group ID already defined as
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Now we have a new "recombinant memetics" memeplex of wisdom guidance to pull into formation.
It is called Adinkra -- The African System of Symbol Communication Wisdom that is to my owner's best search wide --- the one which addresses iconic presentations of ideas that don't shift meanings over time. This is extremely important.
The Kramobone is a wisdom that means the following:
One Bad Makes All Look Bad
or
The Bad Makes It Difficult For The Good To Be Noticed
A Warning Against Deception and Hypocrisy.
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We can't out think this problem by creating an A.I. here and an A.I. there. An A.I. master creator of morality wisdom agency or what is computing and moral responsibility is foundation of A.I. that makes since to my owner's beginning time work processes when he was 18 and built the code from scratch for what was then PRE-INTERNET POPULARITY. It was not until the adaptation of a purpose that the dial-up computer BBSes provided to outside of "techie" people coding computers found use for.
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As long as our species exists and has the technological means some of us will undoubtedly keep developing the field until that happens.
Also, in the same way people 100 years ago couldn't imagine much of what life is like now due to technology, people today struggle to imagine what life might be like in just another 100 years. That's a minute timescale in our civilisations history, and nobody can even start to imagine what life might be like in just 500 years, never mind 5000 years!
AI will undoubtedly significantly change the world and as Hawking says, it could be for the better or worse depending on how we develop it.
I agree transhumanism related tech/bio engineering is unstoppable, and indeed the very long term future of our species may have to be transhumanist, merging what what biological intelligence is best at with what artificial in best at.
I also very much agree that any country that shuns genetic engineering and AI advancements will find themselves at a disadvantage. It could potentially be somewhat analogous to the middle east post 13th century, when after leading the world in science/technology between the 9th and 13th centuries, effectively stopped such development in favour of religious fundamentalism. Europe, which was mired in religious fundamentalism before that started to advance in the fields of science and technology, which of course in time was a major factor that led to Europe's dominance and the subjection of the middle east and much of the rest of the world.
The next scientific/technological revolution is undoubtedly in the fields of AI and robotics etc, and as you say, any country that resists will be at a disadvantage in many important aspects.
I also believe that such developments are potentially, as you say, a fundamental part of our species future evolution. It may indeed be necessary if we are ever to make the next big progressive leap that will take us from just being a terrestrial based lifeform, (which has very high risk from inevitable cataclysmic events that will occur on earth sometime in the future), to a system based lifeform, which can mitigate such risk by colonising more that just one planet.
Our species has progressed from tiny nomadic hunter gatherer tribes, to small size agrarian based early civilisations, to the likes of medium size kingdoms and city states, to large nation states, to the huge highly connected global civilisation we have now. Our progress to a system based civilisation is just a matter of time unless we manage to destroy ourselves first or be destroyed by a cataclysmic geological or cosmic event, and we will undoubtedly need to utilise AI/robotics etc, and potentially genetic engineering to achieve it, just as we needed the scientific and industrial revolutions in order to reach the developmental stage we are at now.
Not to sound cold, but we glorify our own intelligence through our emotions, i.e. the illogical side to ourselves. This is the side which is counter-productive to advancement. A lack of such hindrance would prosper, and be far more efficient in the ways we strive to be efficient in.