Is this the end of the world? From ‘demonic’ AI to nuclear war, seven scenarios that could end human race

December 8, 2014

 
Humanity may have already created its own nemesis, Professor Stephen Hawking warned last week. The Cambridge University physicist claimed that new developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) mean that within a few decades, computers thousands of times more powerful than in existence today may decide to usurp their creators and effectively end humanity’s 100,000-year…