Rise of the machines: Google robots, Kurzweil's AI, and why self-aware machines will inevitably seek to destroy humanity

Posted by freedomforall 12 years, 4 months ago to Technology
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Earlier this week, AI expert Ray Kurzweil predicted that robots would "outsmart humans" by 2029. Kurzweil is a top executive at Google, the very same company which has been on a robotics buying spree, purchasing top military-level robotics companies for billions of dollars.

Recently, for example, Google purchased Boston Dynamics, the company whose creepy, Terminator-style robots already have "human stalking" algorithms which are politely described as "follow the leader" games.


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