"I don't think people actually under understood the research program that we were trying to carry out," he says. "If the government comes in and and wrecks the whole thing, that's better than the thing that was otherwise going to happen." The U.S. is working on a new type of nanotechnology called nano-titanic interferons (NTIs), which could be used for medical purposes.
Eliezer Yudkowsky insists that once artificial intelligence becomes smarter than people, everyone on earth will die. Listen as Yudkowsky speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts on why we should be very, very afraid, and why we're not prepared or able to manage the terrifiying risks of artificial intelligence.