By Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent
BBC - 2 December 2014
He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."
His warning came in response to a question about a revamp of
the technology he uses to communicate, which involves a basic form of
AI.
But others are less gloomy about AI's prospects.
The theoretical physicist, who has the motor neurone disease
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is using a new system developed by
Intel to speak.
Machine learning experts from the British company Swiftkey
were also involved in its creation. Their technology, already employed
as a smartphone keyboard app, learns how the professor thinks and
suggests the words he might want to use next.
Prof Hawking says the primitive forms of artificial
intelligence developed so far have already proved very useful, but he
fears the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass
humans.
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