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Martin John Rees is a british cosmologist, astrophysicist and president of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010.

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2050 London

Some scientists fear that computers may develop ‘minds of their own’ and pursue goals hostile to humanity. Would a powerful futuristic AI remain docile, or ‘go rogue’? Would it understand human goals and motives and align with them? Would it learn enough ethics and common sense so that it ‘knew’ when

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2050 Birmingham

Machine learning enabled by the ever increasing number-crunching power of computers, is a potentially stupendous breakthrough. That is why, by the year 2050, machines will take over much of the work of manufacturing and retail distribution. They can replace many white-collar jobs: routine legal work

# society # work # robots

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