Artificial intelligence: The future is superintelligent : Nature : Nature Research

'RoboBees' are meant for artificial pollination but could have unforeseen environmental effects. Max Tegmark is a renowned physicist. He is also the irrepressibly optimistic co-founder of the Future of Life Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts (motto: "Technology is giving life the potential to flourish like never before ... or to self-destruct. Now, in Life 3.0, he tackles a pressing future development -- the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). He argues that the risks demand serious thought if our "cosmic endowment" is not to be inadvertently thrown away.