Stephen Hawking opens British artificial intelligence hub (Update)

Professor Stephen Hawking on Wednesday opened a new artificial intelligence research centre at Britain's Cambridge University. "Alongside the benefits, AI will also bring dangers, like powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress the many. But catastrophic scenarios aside, the development of AI, which allows robots to execute almost all human tasks, directly threatens millions of jobs. "It's about how to ensure intelligent artificial systems have goals aligned with human values" and ensure computers don't evolve spontaneously in "new, unwelcome directions", Cave said.