Is the AI apocalypse near? Movies like the Terminator franchise and the Matrix have long portrayed dystopian futures where computers develop superhuman intelligence and destroy the human race — and there are also thinkers who think this kind of scenario is a real danger.
We interviewed one of them, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, this week. Others include singularity theorist Ray Kurzweil and Robin Hanson, an economist at George Mason University.
via Will artificial intelligence destroy humanity? Here are 5 reasons not to worry. – Vox.
