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Less than fifty per cent think not... At least not anytime soon.  A minority of researchers think the transition from Artificial General Intelligence to Artificial Super Intelligence will not happen for at least another one hundred years. Current trends however show that the law of accelerating returns is very likely to radically slash that prediction. The one hundred years is more likely to be fifteen to twenty years. At the moment, three of the most relevant individuals on the planet today are preaching caution when it comes to powerful machines. Professor Stephen Hawkins states: "The rise of  powerful AI will either be the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity.  Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates asks the question, "how can they not see what a huge challenge this is?" Elon Musk Founder of Tesla thinks we should be extremely careful about this, while stating clearly that he is not against the advancement of AI. Technologically, we have made...

The New Saudi Arabian Citizen... She is the first non human that's now classified as an earthling.  Sofia is an artificial intelligence robot and the first robot "citizen" on our planet. I don't think anyone could have imagined that progress in Artificial Intelligence technology would develop as quickly as it has.  It's here, and it has come with many human characteristics.  The first-ever robot citizen has 7 humanoid 'siblings' — here's what they look like The programming of artificial, self learning robots while we still have deadly conflict though,  is a worry... We know about the killer drones that are already in use over battlefields all over the planet. Many more have been developed or are in different stages of development that we know nothing about. What I would like to know about are the safeguards that are in place that these intelligent machines wouldn't turn on us human beings. Everyone is excited....