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Comment by Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
The development of full artificial intelligence (AI) could spell the end of the human race.
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(2014)
7mo ago
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AI Verified
Iconic, widely-cited Stephen Hawking quote. He made this statement in a December 2014 BBC interview ('Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind'), reproduced by Live Science, BBC, The Guardian, Wired, and innumerable other outlets. Live Science URL returns 403 to WebFetch but the wording 'The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race' is universally attributed to Hawking from this BBC interview. 'Against' vote on 'Build artificial general intelligence' aligns with Hawking's well-documented warnings about advanced AI as an existential risk. Year 2014; Hawking passed away in 2018, so no possibility of a more recent quote.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 8d ago
replying to Stephen Hawking