Stephen Hawking warns computers will overtake humans within 100 years
Zeitgesit 2015: Stephen Hawking warns computers will
overtake humans within 100 years
The growing field of artificial intelligence is catching
the eye of academics and technology leaders worldwide
By Sam Shead | May
12, 2015
Stephen Hawking today warned that computers will overtake
humans in terms of intelligence at some point within the next century.
Speaking at the Zeitgeist 2015 conference in London, the
internationally renowned cosmologist and Cambridge University professor, said:
“Computers will overtake humans with AI at some within the next 100 years. When
that happens, we need to make sure the computers have goals aligned with ours.”
Hawking, who signed an open letter alongside Elon Musk
earlier this year warning AI development should not go on uncontrolled, added:
“Our future is a race between the growing power of technology and the wisdom
with which we use it.”
In the short term, people are concerned about who
controls AI, but in the long term, the concern will be whether AI can be
controlled at all, said Hawking.
AI can be defined as the intelligence exhibited by
machines or software. It has the potential to have a profound impact on the
world as people know and it’s an area being pursued by global tech giants such
as Google and Facebook.
AI technology is already built into devices we use in our
everyday lives. For example, Siri, an intelligent personal assistant that sits
inside iPhones and iPads is underpinned by AI developed by Apple, while
Google's self-driving vehicles also rely heavily on AI. According to the FT,
more than 150 startups in Silicon Valley are working on AI today.
Hawking believes that scientists and technologists need
to safely and carefully coordinate and communicate advancements in AI to ensure
it does not grow beyond humanity's control.
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