What are the risks posed by artificial general intelligence?

[Natural News]: The rapid development of artificial intelligence can pose some risks, which is why it should be strictly and ethically controlled. AI developers are now discussing how to place limits on technology to ensure that robots will always act in the interest of humanity because giving them their own independent personalities could be dangerous.

AI consultant Matthew Kershaw said that it may even be possible for technology to reach worrying heights within this lifetime “if you’re young enough.”

Professor Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and cosmologist said before his death in 2018, “The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have, have proved very useful. But I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

SpaceX founder Elon Musk agreed with Hawking’s statement. He said, “I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that. So we need to be very careful.”...<<<Read More>>>...