More and more researchers are starting to predict that the end of humanity will be caused by super intelligent artificial intelligence.

In a recent paper published in the journal Artificial Intelligence Magazine, a team consisting of DeepMind senior scientist Marcus Hutter and Oxford researchers Michael Cohen and Michael Osborne argue that machines will eventually be incentivized to break the rules their creators set to compete for limited resources or energy

Cohen, an Oxford University engineering student and co-author of the paper, said that the conclusion is stronger than any previous publication.

Computing Catastrophe

According to the paper, super-advanced "misaligned agents" that see humankind as standing in the way of a reward could doom the world.

To maintain long-term control of its reward, an agent should use all available energy to secure its computer and eliminate potential threats.

The researchers said that losing the game would be fatal.

Outfoxed

There isn't much we can do about it.

Cohen said in an interview that he would be very uncertain about what would happen. Competition for finite resources is unavoidable in a world like this.

That could be bad news for humankind.

You shouldn't expect to win if you're in a competition with something that can outfox you.

In response to the threat, humanity needs to slowly progress its artificial intelligence.

The paper warns that a sufficiently advanced artificial agent would likely intervene in the provision of goal-information with catastrophic consequences.

There is a paper saying that artificial intelligence will eliminate humanity.

Artificial intelligence is replacing humans at drive-through windows.