Elon Musk has come under fire recently for his decision to remain on Donald Trump's economic advisory council and his views concerning unionization. On Wednesday, however, he was focused on the future. Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk addressed a wide array of issues that civilization will face in the next hundred years, including how to handle artificial intelligence and the mass unemployment that will result from automation. "One of the most troubling questions is artificial intelligence," Musk said when asked about the challenges civilization is set to face in the near future. "Deep artificial intelligence, or artificial general intelligence, where you can have artificial intelligence that is much smarter than the smartest human on Earth. This is a dangerous situation."

Apple has joined the business group for wireless charging, lending credence to rumours that the new iPhone will feature the technology. Rumours have swirled for years that Apple has been looking to embrace the technology, which gets rid of charging cables. But it has never actually appeared in any of its products, with the exception of the Apple Watch. But the iPhone 8 – expected to be released later this year – might finally bring the technology, according to various rumours. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

That Samsung is planning to release two different-sized models of the Galaxy S8 has long been common knowledge, but new leaks add weight to the suggestion that the larger version of the phone will dwarf most other handsets on the market. The latest speculation suggests that the South Korean firm will launch a 6.2-inch version of the S8, which will be called the Galaxy S8 Plus. The smaller S8, meanwhile, will feature a screen measuring 5.8 inches. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar. Japan's On-Art Corp's CEO Kazuya Kanemaru poses with his company's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' and other robots during a demonstration in Tokyo, Japan Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' performs during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan Singulato Motors co-founder and CEO Shen Haiyin poses in his company's concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China A picture shows Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo.

Elon Musk has dipped into the age-old adage, 'if you can't beat'em, join'em', advising that this is just what humans should do in order to prevent an eventual robot uprising. In a recent talk, the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder said that he thinks that we will see a'symbiosis between human and machine intelligence' in the coming years. Such a scenario would stamp out the possibility of a'dangerous situation' Musk said, in which AI that is smarter than man takes over. Elon Musk has dipped into the age-old adage, 'if you can't beat'em, join'em', advising that this is just what humans should do in order to prevent an eventual robot uprising Last summer, when asked at the Code Conference in southern California if the answer to the question of whether we are in a simulated computer game was'yes', Elon Musk said the answer is'probably'. Musk believes that computer game technology, particularly virtual reality, is already approaching a point that it is indistinguishable from reality.

Up, up and away: Dubai hopes to have a passenger-carrying drone regularly buzzing through the skyline of this futuristic city-state in July. The arrival of the Chinese-made EHang 184 -- which already has had its flying debut over Dubai's iconic, sail-shaped Burj al-Arab skyscraper hotel -- comes as the Emirati city also has partnered with other cutting-edge technology companies, including Hyperloop One. The question is whether the egg-shaped, four-legged craft will really take off as a transportation alternative in this car-clogged city already home to the world's longest driverless metro line. Mattar al-Tayer, the head of Dubai's Roads & Transportation Agency, announced plans to have the craft regularly flying at the World Government Summit. Before his remarks on Monday, most treated the four-legged, eight-propeller craft as just another curiosity at an event that views itself as a desert Davos.

Chatbots aren't as "inhuman" as you might believe them to be. Chatbots cannot be human, but they can think and respond to queries like humans do. This is happening in a medium (text messages) which is emerging as the next big platform for information exchange after voice. With advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities, machine learning code can now understand queries just like humans do. More importantly the code learns from every interaction that it does and grows its skills to handle further conversations!

The result, after some work by crack film editor Alex MacKenzie, was the 45 minute documentary Singularity or Bust -- a uniquely edgy, experimental Singularitarian road movie, featuring perhaps the most philosophical three-foot-tall humanoid robot ever, a glance at the fast-growing Chinese research scene in the late aughts, and even a bit of a real-life love story. The film was screened in theaters around the world, and won the Best Documentary award at the 2013 LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood and the LA Lift Off Festival. And now it is online, free of charge, for your delectation. Singularity or Bust is a true story pertaining to events occurring in the year 2009. It captures a fascinating slice of reality, but bear in mind that things move fast these days.

CHICAGO, IL - FEBRUARY 09: Ford introduces the 2018 Expedition at the Chicago Auto Show on February 9, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The auto show, which is the nation's largest, is open to the public February 11-20. Autonomous cars are still mostly in test-drive where our streets are concerned, but the race for this technology now has many major firms kicking their AI investment into high gear. Ford Motor Company announced Saturday that it intends to invest $1 billion in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence start-up led by some familiar industry faces, over the next five years. The company's aim is to develop a virtual driver system for the autonomous vehicle it plans to roll out in 2021, and--presuming the price is right--for use with other automakers'.

Nasa might soon launch our best ever chance of meeting aliens. The space agency is putting together plans to send a lander to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons and perhaps the most likely place to harbour alien life anywhere near us. But first they will have to work out how they can actually land on a surface about which they know next to nothing. The agency started seriously exploring that possibility by commissioning a report on the value of sending a lander onto the icy surface of the moon. That report has now arrived and Nasa is looking to explore its findings with the scientific community.

A Chinese drone maker has revealed a giant quadcopter big enough to fit a passenger will be buzzing through the Dubai skyline in July. Dubbed EHang 184, the drone is described as the world's first'Autonomous Aerial Vehicle' for transporting people. The rider punches in a destination on a touch screen in front of the passenger seat, then the drone would fly there automatically. EHang is building the world's first'Autonomous Aerial Vehicle' for transporting people. The head of Dubai's Roads & Transportation Agency announced at the World Government Summit on Monday that the drone would be flying by July Mattar al-Tayer, the head of Dubai's Roads & Transportation Agency, made the announcement about it flight in Dubai today at the World Government Summit.