AI will pose a serious risk to society within the next 50 years
Follow
opinions
(4)
from
influencers
order
upvotes
occupation
any
alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
agree & disagree
Agree:
Ray Kurzweil Author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist
The existential threat from genetic technologies is already here: the same technology that will soon make major strides against cancer, heart disease, and other diseases could also be employed by a bioterrorist to create a bioengineered biological virus that combines ease of transmission, deadliness, and stealthiness, that is, a long incubation period. The tools and knowledge to do this are far mo... See More
David McAllester Professor and Chief Academic Officer at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
The Singularity would enable machines to become infinitely intelligent, and would pose an ‘incredibly dangerous scenario’, he says.
