AI will be 'either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity', says Hawking

Stuart Sumner
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Speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge University, Stephen Hawking manages to be both alarmist and positive

Professor Stephen Hawking has sounded a warning about the dangers of developing artificial intelligence (AI), while also admitting that it could be a great positive for humankind. Speaking at th...

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