Robots Rising.

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  • Author(s): Pogue, David
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Oct2015, Vol. 313 Issue 4, p32-32. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ROBOTS; ARTIFICIAL intelligence research; TEGMARK, Max; ASIMOV, Isaac, 1920-1992; SCIENCE fiction; AUTONOMOUS robots
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on robot and artificial intelligence research and concerns of scientists and entrepreneurs including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Stephen Hawking on the dangers of full artificial intelligence (AI). It mentions an initiative by professor Max Tegmark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who co-founded the Future of Life Institute to examine the dark side of AI. It reflects on science fiction by Isaac Asimov on the Three Laws of Robotics and considers autonomous weapons.