Opinion

Stephen Hawking Warns Of Killer Cyborgs From Beyond The Grave

Michael Knowles

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in March, returned from the grave on Tuesday in the form of a posthumously published book to warn humanity of the imminent cyborg apocalypse. Hawking explains in his latest and final work, Brief Answers to the Big Questions:

While primitive forms of artificial intelligence developed so far have proved very useful, I fear the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass humans. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superceded.

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