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World Service,29 May 2013,18 mins

Existential risk

Business Daily

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Are human beings on course to invent themselves out of existence? As computers become more intelligent, they will one day design and programme themselves. Could this race of machines threaten humanity? They may not actively target people - they might simply be indifferent to us. The danger of this and other existential risks discussed in Business Daily

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