Posted 3/17/2024, 2:32:36 PM
Stephen Hawking Warned AI Could Surpass Human Intelligence and Threaten Our Existence
- Stephen Hawking warned that full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race if it exceeds human intelligence and takes off on its own
- Hawking signed an open letter to the UN in 2015 warning of the dangers of unmonitored AI development
- In 2017, Hawking told Wired he feared "AI may replace humans altogether"
- In his final book, Hawking said highly intelligent machines could result in an "intelligence explosion" exceeding human intelligence
- Hawking cautioned it would be a mistake to dismiss notions of super intelligent machines as "mere science fiction"