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| Subject: Rise of the machines Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:37 am | |
| One of the founding engineers of Skype and Kazaa is in Australia to sound a warning to the human race: fasten your seatbelts, as machines are becoming so intelligent that they could pose an existential threat.
Jaan Tallinn argues human-driven technological progress has largely replaced evolution as the dominant force shaping our future. Machines are becoming smarter than we are, but Tallinn warns that if we are not careful this could lead to a "sudden global ecological catastrophe".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/rise-of-the-machines-20120718-229ev.html#ixzz20xQWT6oi
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