CHAPTER 3 Will AI Replace Us?
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. Once humans develop artificial intelligence, it would take off on its own, and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superseded.
Stephen Hawking
Our Obsolescence Problem
Fans of evolution and natural selection might welcome Stephen Hawking’s famous prediction that we are on the brink of being superseded, and that the point of no-return of the singularity is now in prospect. As we have always used tools as a species to improve our lives and longevity, it seems consistent to deploy AI to the same ends. Not ...
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