AI bots are plotting 'total human extinction'
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A debate featuring prominent transhumanists and futurists revealed deep divides over whether AGI can be made safe, or will inevitably threaten human survival.
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, according to research.
Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for
Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died and no one was being born. Even if all births were to ...
A living frog, so the parable goes, is placed in a pot of water that is being slowly heated. If the frog is put into boiling water, it will jump out. If the frog is put in tepid water which is then slowly brought to a boil, it will not perceive the danger ...
Stephen Hawking thinks humanity has only 1,000 years left of survival on Earth and that our species needs to colonize other planets. The famed physicist made the statement in a speech at Oxford University Union, in which he promoted the goal of searching ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the planet as Homo sapiens, preceded in some cases by its kin, journeyed from the
AI superintelligence could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons, but importantly, nobody has built it yet. We can still choose not to proceed.