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Some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried
How might a super-intelligent machine take control? And what can be done to stop it happening?
He imagines they would enter human bodies undetected and, upon receiving a synchronised signal, release lethal toxins, causing every host to die. The Australian government, for example, requires operators of critical infrastructure to “identify, and as far as is reasonably practicable, take steps to minimise or eliminate the ‘material risks’ that could have a ‘relevant impact’ on their assets”. A machine won’t fall in love, mourn a dead friend, bang their funny bone, smell a beautiful scent, laugh out loud, or be brought to tears by a sad movie.
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