AI could become "an enemy of the human race"
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AI could become 'an enemy of the human race' warns expert

Leading artificial intelligence expert Dr Stuart Russell warns in his new book, Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control, that AI could become "an enemy of the human race".

Dr Russell told BBC Radio 4's Today the danger is not that AI will develop consciousness, but that it will become "too competent" at fulfilling objectives which human's have not fully thought through.

  • 07 Oct 2019