8 Terrifying Truths About Artificial Intelligence (5 of 5)

1. AI Could Destroy Us

Warnings about AI’s existential risks come from top thinkers like Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. Hawking wasn’t so much worried that machines would go rogue as he was at the idea they’d simply become too good at their jobs. When their goals diverge from ours, they might not want us around. The AI apocalypse might not come in the form of a nuclear mushroom cloud, but instead with algorithms quietly outgrowing us.