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Google is working on a kill switch to prevent an AI uprising
Humans don't like the idea of not being at the top of the food chain; having something we've created taking power over us isn't exactly ideal. It's why folks like Tesla mastermind Elon Musk and noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking are so determined to warn us of the terrifying implications that could culminate in a Skynet situation where the robots and algorithms stop listening to us.
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Honestly, I doubt AI itself is the danger, its AI in the hands of the rich and powerful that will be the biggest threat in the foreseeable future. Unless we can figure out how to not allow for a small group of people to control something as powerful as that we can be in big trouble. I think we are worrying about the wrong things.
I have to agree with you there. Greed and Evil seem to be a Human trait which would "infect" an AI rather than the AI coming up with it on their own. Tom Selleck just might be our only hope.
I agree...I just hope I'm dead and gone before they sic them on the general public.