It's been a pretty eventful week for news items that could potentially mark the beginning of the end of the world. Or at least if you believe movies and Stephen Hawking about the threats that artificial intelligence pose.
First were reports that Google, with the help of Nasa, have developed the first quantum computer. This could mean a giant step forward in the development of AI.
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