Expert claims intelligent robots could wipe out humanity

From The Terminator to Transcendence, Hollywood sci-fi films have taught us not to trust robots. Now one expert has made a prediction that's just as terrifying as the bleakest plot: that in the future, intelligent robots will be smarter and faster than humans, take over the running of countries and have the ability to wipe us out altogether. Dr Stuart Armstrong believes it's a race against time to develop safeguards around artificial intelligence research, before robots outwit us - or even accidentally cause our demise. Speaking at a debate on artificial intelligence in London, he warned that humans could be wiped out even if robots are instructed to protect people. Dr Armstrong, based at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, predicted that robots will be increasingly integral to our everyday lives, doing menial tasks, but will eventually make humans redundant and take over,The Telegraph reported.