THE MARCH OF THE MACHINES
Two of the world’s richest men are locked in a bitter feud. Facebook’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, says Artificial Intelligence [AI] will enrich mankind and usher in a new Golden Age. Elon Musk, PayPal’s founder, believes the new generation of robots will either enslave us or kill us. Most scientists appear to favor Musk’s more pessimistic scenario. Man and Machine, he thinks, could soon find themselves engaged in mortal combat. (more…)