10 Scary Advancements in AI

7. The Warning Against Autonomous Weapons

In July of last year, some of the most prominent minds in the world like Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak banded together to prevent the proliferation of autonomous weapons. They issued an open letter that declared the technology currently existed for researchers to develop weapons that “select and engage targets without human intervention,” adding, “autonomous weapons have been described as the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms.” All joking aside, a mismanaged AI weapons system is legitimately terrifying.