Judgment Day: Google is Making A 'Kill-Switch' for AI

DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence company, catapulted itself into fame when its AlphaGo AI beat the world champion of Go, Lee Sedol. However, DeepMind is working to do a lot more than beat humans at chess and Go and various other games. Indeed, its AI algorithms were developed for something far greater: To "solve intelligence" by creating general purpose AI that can be used for a host of applications and, in essence, learn on their own. This, of course, raises some concerns. Namely, what do we do if the AI breaks…if it gets a virus…if it goes rogue?