ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and NANOTECHNOLOGY ''Threaten Civilization''

Artificial intelligence and nanotechnology have been named alongside nuclear war, ecological catastrophe and super-volcano eruptions as “risks that threaten human civilization”. Future machines and software with “human-level intelligence” could create new, dangerous challenges for humanity – although they could also help to combat many of the other risks cited in the report. 

Can scientists stop ‘negative’ outcomes that threaten human civilization, according to Global Challenges Foundation?

“The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have, have proved very useful. But the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”