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  • Stephen Hawking had terrifying answer when asked about the future of AI...The scientist was ahead of his time

    05/28/2025 9:46:01 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 100 replies
    UNILAD ^ | May 27, 2025 | Staff
    Stephen Hawking had a frightening response when asked about his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence in 2014. The world-renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, who passed away in March 2018 at the age of 76, was best known for his work in the fields of general relativity and quantum gravity. He went on to pen the 2002 book The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe, which has sold more than 25 million copies across 40 different languages. However, it was in his final book, published seven months after his death, titled Brief Answers to...
  • Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive

    05/16/2025 9:19:12 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    The Register ^ | Fri 16 May 2025 | iconSimon Sharwood
    Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitiveScience fiction author Neal Stephenson has suggested AIs should be allowed to fight other AIs, because evolution brings balance to ecosystems, but also thinks humans should stop using AI before it dumbs down our species. Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 classic “Snow Crash”, and his 1999 epic “Cryptonomicon” envisioned digital currencies and the encryption needed to make them possible. The prescience of those works, and the cracking yarns he spins, mean he is in demand as both a novelist and thinker. T. Rex had to worry about getting gored...