How worried should we be about artificial intelligence?
Popular culture is rife with terrifying tales of insane or malevolent AI, from HAL 9000 in “2001” to Skynet in the “Terminator” films and the machines that turn human beings into living batteries in the “Matrix” movies.
Rogue AI is a sci-fi cliché. But is it close to becoming a reality?
Some 1,800 tech entrepreneurs, computer scientists and other experts have put their names to a petition calling for a moratorium on AI development.
Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among the signatories.
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