Why Facebook's AI guru isn't scared of killer robots

"But until we have a hint of a beginning of a design, with some visible path towards autonomous AI systems with non-trivial intelligence, we are arguing about the sex of angels." This time it's the big one: will AI rise up and murder us all? While this isn't a new topic – humans have postulated about AI overlords for centuries – the timing and people involved in this debate make it interesting. Don't miss Hard Fork Summit in Amsterdam We're absolutely in the AI era now, and these dangers are no longer fictional. The architects of intelligence working on AI today could, potentially, be the ones who cause (or protect us from) an actual robot apocalypse.