Nearly half of tech boffins believe humans will be ‘destroyed’ by artificial intelligence

Researchers quizzed 1,500 IT and tech bosses from all over the world to find out if they thought androids posed an ‘existential’ threat to humankind. The study found that 49% said the reckoned robots would ‘destroy’ mankind and end up ruling the world. 1 The terrifying scenario of robots wiping out humanity was also predicted by theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking Credit: Alamy Asked to reveal a timeline for robot domination, the overarching consensus was that by 2043 – just 20 years from now – there would be 10bn robots in the world. The current human population of 8bn is estimated… Read Full Article