The Robocalypse — the time when machines become sentient and start to dominate humans — has been a popular science fiction subject for some time. It’s also worried some scientific minds, most notably the late Stephen Hawking. However, the prospect of a sentient machine seemed very far in the future — if at all — until last week, when a Google engineer claimed the company had broken the sentience barrier.
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Google Hasn’t Started the Robocalypse Yet
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 15, 2022 04:00 AMThe Robocalypse — the time when machines become sentient and start to dominate humans — has been a popular science fiction subject for some time. It’s also worried some scientific minds, most notably the late Stephen Hawking. However, the prospect of a sentient machine seemed very far in the future — if at all — until last week, when a Google engineer claimed the company had broken the sentience barrier.