When AI rules, one rogue programmer could end the human race

The idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it’s the reality we live in. In the not-so-distant future, that incredible power and responsibility could be handed over to AI and robotic systems, which are already in active development. In a pair of open letters to the priUIKeyInputDownArrowme ministers of bother Australia and Canada, hundreds of AI researchers and scientists are pleading for that not to happen.