Stephen Hawking

Physicien théoricien (1942–2018) qui a averti de 2014 jusqu’à sa mort qu’une intelligence artificielle complète pourrait supplanter l’humanité et être la meilleure ou la pire chose qui lui soit jamais arrivée.

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1979 – 2009Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of CambridgeSource →
2009 – mars 2018Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of CambridgeHeld until his death on 14 March 2018.Source →

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6 nov. 2017 · Discours · Web Summit, Lisbon
Success in creating effective AI, could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. Or the worst. We just don't know.
Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of Cambridge à l’époque
Video keynote on the opening night of Web Summit 2017.
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19 oct. 2016 · Discours · Launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Cambridge
Recent landmarks such as self-driving cars or a computer game winning at the game of Go, are signs of what's to come. The rise of powerful AI will either be the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which.
Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of Cambridge à l’époque
In the same speech he warned of "powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress the many".
"The best or worst thing to happen to humanity" - Stephen Hawking launches Centre for the Future of Intelligence →
2 déc. 2014 · Entretien · BBC News
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. It would take off on its own and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded.
Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of Cambridge à l’époque
Said to the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones on 2 December 2014; quoted verbatim by TIME the same day, as the BBC page could not be fetched.
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mai 2014 · Tribune · The Independent
success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history … it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, University of Cambridge à l’époque
Co-written with Stuart Russell, Max Tegmark and Frank Wilczek; The Independent's own page could not be fetched, so the words are taken from The Register's verbatim excerpt.
Stephen Hawking: The creation of true AI could be the 'greatest event in human history' →