When Humans Become Obsolete

Scientists Think They Know the Exact Year Computers Will Render the Human Brain Obsolete

Max Plenke | July 29, 2015

This week, the greatest minds in science and technology pleaded with the world to prevent an artificial intelligence "arms race" — an apocalyptic scenario in which terrorists would have access to highly advanced weapons like killer robots.

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The issue arose back in April when representatives from Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School wrote a paper calling for the United Nations to ban "killer robot" production until regulation and legal stipulations — for instance, who's at fault when a robot shoots an unassigned target — could be put in place.

<more at http://mic.com/articles/123027/moores-law-explained-computers-more-powerful-than-human-brains; related link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/04/09/mind-gap/lack-accountability-killer-robots (Mind the Gap; The Lack of Accountability for Killer Robots. April 9, 2015)>