Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 1, 2001 @09:58AM from the one-to-talk dept.

Pointing to this story on Ananova, bl968 writes: "Stephen Hawking the noted physicist has suggested using genetic engineering and biomechanical interfaces to computers in order to make possible a direct connection between brain and computers, 'so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.' His idea is that with artificial intelligence and computers, which increase their performance every 18 months, we face the real possibility of the enslavement of the human race." garren_bagley adds this link to a similar story on Yahoo!, unfortunately just as short. Hawking certainly is in a position shared by few to talk about the intersection of human intellect and technology.

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Re:He should know. by Viadd · 2001-09-01 11:05 · Score: 3, Informative

MP3s of Hawking are at

M.C. Hawking's Crib [http://www.mchawking.com]
including tracks from "A Brief History of Rhyme" and singles such as "Why Won't Jesse Helms Just Hurry Up And Die? "