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Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, expressed serious concerns about the future of artificial intelligence years before the current surge in AI development. In a 2014 interview with the BBC, Hawking was asked about improvements to the AI-powered communication system he used due to ALS, a condition that left him dependent on a specialized machine to speak. Despite the clear benefits he gained from these early forms of AI, his response was far from optimistic.
Hawking warned that “the development of full…
