Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI 329
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.
I can just imagine... (Score:5, Funny)
He should know. (Score:5, Funny)
When Hawking says that we shouldn't modify humans with technolagy he speeks not from some higher than thou purch but from the viewpoint of a someone who is alive today because of the magic of human and tech mingleing..
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On a funny note does any one know where I can get an mp3 of him saying these things?.
The first time I did acid I was listening to the audio version of "Brief History".
Don't try that at home..
(synth voice).
(acid).
Inside a black hole "You would be crushed like spaghetti".
(/acid).
(/synth voice)(reality check = bounce)
When a gaming habit goes too far (Score:2, Funny)
Aha, so that's how he got to be such a Quake master [mchawking.com].
I can just see the negative effects of this; (Score:3, Funny)
Evolution (Score:5, Funny)
What Hawking said to the Cambridge flunky that delivered his new laptop:
This is four times more powerful than the one I just got three years ago. Too bad I'm not.
What Nature quoted:
Lucasian chair ponders the asymmetrical development of technology and biology in conference at Cambridge. Will computer's growth outpace that of humanity? For complete proceedings, send a check for five thousand pounds to . . .
What the London Times reported:
World's Smartest Man: Computers obey Moore's law - soon we'll obey computers.
What the Weekly World News claimed:
Mad Scientist in England has Designed Computer that will Enslave Humanity: Hawking 666
What the Onion published [theonion.com].
Now Slashdot will find the truth . . . thank God for legitimate journalism!
Re:Enslavement? (Score:3, Funny)
Scooped by The Onion (Score:2, Funny)
Re:He should know. (Score:4, Funny)
I urge all of you not to get brain implants. It's all part of the master plan to make every person in the human race into Stephen Hawking's personal slave.
A better idea (Score:2, Funny)