A Global Arms Race to Create a Superintelligent AI is Looming

Forget about superintelligent AIs being created by a company, university, or a rogue programmer with Einstein-like IQ. Hollywood and its AI-themed movies like Transcendence and Her have misled the public. The launch of the first truly autonomous, self-aware artificial intelligence--one that has the potential to become far smarter than human beings--is a matter of the highest national and global security. Its creation could change the landscape of international politics in a matter of weeks--maybe even days, depending on how fast the intelligence learns to upgrade itself, hack and rewrite the world's best codes, and utilize weaponry. In the last year, a chorus of leading technology exp erts, like Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates, have chimed in on the dangers regarding the creation of AI.