Hawking talks again: artificial intelligence conspiracy theory, super AI will destroy humans

According to foreign media reports, Stephen Hawking warned that the development of technology needs to be controlled to prevent it from destroying humans. Prior to this, the world-renowned physicist had warned of the danger of artificial intelligence. He believes that mankind must find a way to quickly find the threat before major damage is caused.

"From the beginning of civilization, aggression has always been very useful, because it has an absolute survival advantage," Hawking said, "through the Darwinian evolution process, aggression is deeply rooted in our genes. However, today, The development of technology has been accelerated to a point where this aggressiveness may destroy humanity in the form of nuclear or biological warfare. We need to use logic and reason to control this inherent instinct."

However, Hawking also said that although human beings face various problems, there is still hope for survival, and this requires us all to work together. “We need to get to know these threats faster and take action before they lose control. This may mean that some form of world government needs to be established,” said Hawking.

The world government may also have a variety of problems. "(The world government) may become a tyranny," Hawking said. "All of this sounds like people are already saying that they are already robbed. But I'm an optimist. I think humans will rise to meet these challenges."

In an online Q&A in 2015, Hawking pointed out that artificial intelligence may grow to a very strong degree and may even destroy humans completely unintentionally. "The real threat to artificial intelligence is not their maliciousness, but their ability to do it," Hawking said. "A super smart artificial intelligence is extremely capable when it comes to accomplishing goals, but once these goals are inconsistent with ours, , then we have trouble."

He continued: “You may not be a nuisance to ants, but you will inadvertently step on ants. If you are responsible for a hydropower green energy project, there may be many ant nests in the area where the project is located. Drowning is very unfortunate for ants. We must avoid human beings in these ants."

Tehran CEO Elon Musk also made a similar point, and he had warned that the development of artificial intelligence must be controlled. "As time goes by, I think we may see a closer integration of biological intelligence and digital intelligence," said Musk. He also proposed that humans may combine with machines in the future to keep pace with the development of artificial intelligence.