Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking sign open letter on artificial intelligence dangers

http://ift.tt/14Tz2RH // Musk

Call it preemptive extinction panic, smart people buying into Sci-Fi hype or simply a prudent stance on a possible future issue, but the fear around artificial intelligence is increasingly gaining traction among those with credentials to back up the distress.

The latest example of this AI agita manifesting into real world action comes in the form of an open letter calling for safety measures to be instituted that was posted online Sunday and signed by none other than Tesla's Elon Musk and famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.