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05: The Likelihood and Risks of Superintelligent Machines

The World as You’ll Know It: The Great Rebuild

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Are You Creating a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Autonomous weapons, armed drones and robots without some Air Force Captain operating it. The first one was used apparently in Libya last year. A little tiny quadcopter with some kind of explosive charge is enough to kill a person. And I hear the US government say, oh, well, don't worry, they will just make sure they never fall into the wrong hands.

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