Your essential guide to the rise of the intelligent machines
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:31
in Mathematics & Economics
The risks posed to human beings by artificial intelligence in no way resemble the popular image of the Terminator. That fictional mechanical monster is distinguished by many features – strength, armour, implacability, indestructability – but Arnie's character lacks the one characteristic that we in the real world actually need to worry about – extreme intelligence.