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Cambridge University To Open "Terminator Center" To Study Threat From AI

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'll-be-in-the-back-of-the-clas dept.

If the thought of a robot apocalypse is keeping you up at night, you can relax. Scientists at Cambridge University are studying the potential problem. From the article: "A center for 'terminator studies,' where leading academics will study the threat that robots pose to humanity, is set to open at Cambridge University. Its purpose will be to study the four greatest threats to the human species - artificial intelligence, climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology."

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  1. Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) by Chrisq · · Score: 0, Troll

    They had a bit about it on Radio 4, and it is to study all threats that could destroy the human race or at least put it back to pre-civilisation levels. This includes "rogue AI", but also climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology.

    I can't help thinking that they are being politically correct not to mention the one thing that has already brought great civilisations to barbarism as one of their threats; Islam.