Skype Co-Founder Says Our Biggest Existential Threat Is Artificial Intelligence

“If you think about it, when we ask whether a machine is conscious or not, what we are asking is what this machine is. However, I’m much more interested in what the machine does. It’s actually pretty plausible and it seems even likely that the machines that will dominate humanity will actually not be conscious, they are just very competent.”

Skype Co-Founder Says Our Biggest Existential Threat Is Artificial Intelligence
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