Newsweek | Should we be afraid of robots?

February 8, 2015

Newsweek — February 8, 2015 | Kevin Maney

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Elon Musk wants us to start talking about what we do with artificial intelligence. To that end, he’s donated $10 million to the Future of Life Institute to study ways to make sure AI is beneficial to humanity.

Google has set up an ethics board to keep an eye on its AI work. Futurist Ray Kurzweil writes, “We have a moral imperative to realize AIs promise while controlling the peril.” […]

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