PREVENTING A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE: Top scientists and entrepreneurs are urging caution and further research into how the fast-developing artificial intelligence industry might impact human civilisation as we know it, fearing that unfettered AI might present a real threat to humanity.
MIAMI: The development of artificial intelligence is growing fast and hundreds of the world’s leading scientists and entrepreneurs are urging a renewed focus on safety and ethics to prevent dangers to society.
An open letter was signed by famous physicist Stephen Hawking, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk along with some of the top minds from universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, and Oxford, and companies like Google, Microsoft and IBM.
