What would happen if robots took over the Earth? It's hard to believe, but at the University of Cambridge there is a center called the "Center for the Study of Existential Risks" (CSER), founded in 2012, that examines exactly these kinds of questions, reports the 'Yadaan' website.
The center develops scientific methods for assessing global risk factors, and some of the world's greatest minds, such as Stephen Hawking, Jan Tallin (one of Skype's founding engineers), and philosopher Hugh Price, contribute their opinions.
An American journalist interviewed one of the center's founders, astrophysicist Lord Martin Rees, and tried to find out why a center of this type was even established.
""Throughout human history, our ancestors have faced dangers: plagues, storms, earthquakes, and man-made disasters. But this century is different. It is the first century in which one species, our species, can determine the fate of the planet, threaten civilization, and jeopardize the existence of future generations," says Rees.
Reese added that one of the central issues discussed by the center's members is the issue of 'artificial intelligence.' "There is a huge range of opinions among experts in artificial intelligence: some believe that artificial intelligence at the level of a person with a will of its own (and goals that are independent of the goals of humans) could be developed by mid-century. Others believe that the chances of this are very slim.".
Reese expressed pessimism about the future of the world: "There are already experiments to 'improve the function' of viruses and use a gene editing technology called CRISPR. Compared to the 1970s, today the scientific community in the field is more global, more competitive, and more subject to commercial pressures. I fear that anything that is feasible will eventually be done by someone somewhere, which could turn into biotechnological terrorism.".
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