"This will be a new form of life": Stephen Hawking says artificial intelligence robots will replace humans COMPLETELY
"This will be a new form of life": Stephen
Hawking says artificial intelligence robots will replace humans COMPLETELY
The renowned physicist said that he believes AI will
eventually reach a level where it will essentially be a "new form of life
that will outperform humans"
By Rachael McMenemy Stephen Jones 14:47, 2 NOV 2017
Renowned physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has said robots
will eventually replace humanity COMPLETELY.
Prof Hawking said that he believes artificial
intelligence (AI) will eventually reach a level where it will essentially be a
"new form of life that will outperform humans", the Cambridge News
reports.
He 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."
The professor is also urging young people to be more
interested in space - and science in general.
The 75-year-old has also talked to WIRED magazine about
his belief that we need a new space age to entice young people to get involved
in science and said there would be "serious consequences" if more
people didn't show an interest.
He added that he thinks a new space programme should be
worked on urgently by the science community "with a view to eventually
colonising suitable planets for human habitation."
He continued: "I believe we have reached the point
of no return.
"Our earth is becoming too small for us, global
population is increasing at an alarming rate and we are in danger of
self-destructing."
During the interview Prof Hawking also spoke out against
Donald Trump's travel ban and the US President's climate change denial.
In October last year (2016), Prof Hawking said he
believed AI would either destroy or transform society.
Speaking at the launch of Cambridge University's
artificial intelligence centre last year Prof Hawking said: "I believe
there is no deep difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain
and what can be achieved by a computer.
"It therefore follows that computers can, in theory,
emulate human intelligence – and exceed it.
"Artificial intelligence is now progressing rapidly.
Recent landmarks such as self-driving cars, or a computer winning at the game
of Go, are signs of what is to come.
"Enormous levels of investment are pouring into this
technology. The achievements we have seen so far will surely pale against what
the coming decades will bring.”
He went on: "The potential benefits of creating
intelligence are huge. We cannot predict what we might achieve, when our own
minds are amplified by AI.
"Perhaps with the tools of this new technological
revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural
world by the last one - industrialisation.
"And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease
and poverty. Every aspect of our lives will be transformed, In short, success
in creating AI, could be the biggest event in the history of our
civilisation."
He added: "But it could also be the last, unless we
learn how to avoid the risks. Alongside the benefits, AI will also bring
dangers, like powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress
the many."
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