It sounds like a science-fiction nightmare. But "killer robots" have the likes of British scientist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak fretting, and warning they could fuel ethnic cleansing and an arms race.
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Jul 28, 2015
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Have a question about artificial intelligence and think theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is the man to ask?
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Jul 27, 2015
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The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) last week got a US$100 million dollar shot in the arm from wealthy, Russian Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Yuri Milner.
Astronomy
Jul 27, 2015
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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence elsewhere in the universe has leapt to prominence once again, with the announcement of the Breakthrough Listen initiative.
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2015
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Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian-born billionaire Yuri Milner on Monday announced an ambitious bid to combine vast computing capacity with the world's most powerful telescopes to intensify the so far fruitless ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2015
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg figures there could be a formula that explains how people think.
Internet
Jul 1, 2015
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Do you find yourself worried by the implications of Humans, Channel 4's new drama about the exploits of near-human intelligent robots? Have you ever fretted over the apocalyptic warnings of Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk about ...
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Jun 17, 2015
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Are black holes the ruthless killers we've made them out to be?
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2015
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New research has found that the 6 gram brown thornbill mimics the hawk alarm calls of neighbouring species to scare a nest predator by convincing it that a much bigger and scarier predator - the brown goshawk - is on its ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2015
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Stephen Hawking is a scientific superstar. Now he's going to mix with rock stars, taking the stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
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May 12, 2015
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