Image copyright Getty Humanity own hands digging its own grave, and may end its existence in various ways, according to British scientist Professor Stephen Hawking.
In a lecture to the staff BBC BBC Hawking shared the view that further development of science and technology “will create new opportunities for all has ruined”.
“While the chance of a crash of the entire planet Earth in any given year may be is very low, it increases over time and through thousands or tens of thousands of years, it is certain, “- says the professor.
However, before Hawking gave numerous warnings. He called at least four possible destruction of mankind by their own hands.
Artificial Intelligence
Stephen Hawking believes that attempts to create artificial intelligence threaten the existence of mankind itself.
“The development of high-grade artificial intelligence could mean the end of the human race” – he said in an interview with BBC BBC in 2014.
He acknowledged that already created primitive form of artificial intelligence turned out to be very useful, but expressed concerns about the creation of the intellect, which will correspond to the human or even surpass it.
“It will begin to develop independently and to remake themselves with ever increasing speed, – says Hawking. – And people are limited by the rate of biological evolution will not be able to him to compete and soon will replace them “.
Professor Hawking is not the only one who is afraid of artificial intelligence. In Hollywood, artificial intelligence is often portrayed as evil, take, For example, the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Blade Runner,” “War Games” movie Terminator and “I, Robot”.
Nuclear war
However, if we do not ruin we created intelligent machines, we may well do it yourself.
“One of the main disadvantages of humanity, I would like to correct – is aggression – said Professor Hawking during a lecture at the Science Museum in London. – For the cave residents in this had its advantages, aggression helped to get food, to recapture territory or a partner to continue the race, but today it threatens to destroy all of us “.
Modern weapons of mass destruction capable repeatedly to destroy all life on earth and its spread is considered to be a worldwide problem.
“Most nuclear war would end civilization and possibly humanity itself,” – says Professor Hawking.
Viruses, by genetic engineering
The nuclear weapons despite its terrible force may not be the most terrible weapon of self-destruction of mankind.
In 2001, Stephen Hawking told the Daily Telegraph, that humanity may perish from which he himself created viruses.
Professor Hawking in 2001 warned that the development of deadly viruses can lead to disaster.
“In the long term, I’m more worried about biology. To create a nuclear weapons need large enterprises, and genetic engineering can be practiced in a small laboratory. And for each laboratory will not follow. So the danger is that by accident or intentionally, we can create a virus that will destroy us, – he said in an interview with Professor Hawking. – I do not think that humanity will survive the next millennium, if we do not we move in space. On one planet can happen too many accidents that can ruin lives “.
On the topic of Hollywood also I took a lot of movies take at least” 12 Monkeys, “” I – The Legend “,” Rise of the Planet of the Apes “and “Resident Evil”, which deal with the threat posed by man-made virus.
Global warming
“One of the most serious consequences of our business is global warming caused by the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. The danger here is that the temperature increase can be self-sufficient, if it has not happened – describes Stephen Hawking apocalyptic future in the documentary film Leonardo DiCaprio “The Eleventh Hour”. – Drought and deforestation lead to the fact that less carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere. In addition, the melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, leading to a decrease in the level of solar energy reflected into space, leading to a further increase in temperature “.
” We do not know, stop there once the process of global warming, but the worst case, the Earth is like the Venus, where the surface temperature reaches 250 degrees and raining sulfuric acid – sums Hawking. – And humanity in such circumstances will not survive “.
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