Robots could become radicalized and commit MASS MURDER if they are badly coded, warns professor
By Phoebe Weston
Daily Mail
September 10, 2018
Robots could become radicalised if they are badly coded, an expert has warned.
Professor of electrical and computer engineering Subhash Kak from Oklahoma University believes robots could become mass murderers if they are not wired correctly.
Although the danger does not exist with the current technology, Dr Kak believes future technical malfunctions could put thousands of peoples' lives at risk.
Earlier this year he issued another chilling warning saying that the machine takeover will lead mankind into a 'hellish dystopia'.
Dr Kak told the Daily Star that 'malfunctioning robot brains may produce behaviour like that of radicalised humans.
'The appeal to self-radicalised youths by leaders of extremist religious groups, that has led to many terror incidents in the UK in recent years, is like the use of self-radicalised robot minds.
He said this could be caused by 'a bug in the code', without giving further details.
If robots did become radicalised, the firms that created them would try to divert the blame elsewhere, Dr Kak warned.
He said they would likely 'pressure parliament or other legislative bodies to give them exemption from liability'.
A number of prominent researchers expect AI to be able to outsmart humans at every conceivable task and job within decades.
The billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk who heads up SpaceX, Tesla and the Boring company has also warned about the dangers of AI.
He said they were 'potentially more dangerous than nukes' and has also compared developing AI to 'summoning the demon'.
He believes we might be creating 'an immortal dictator from which we would never escape'.
Earlier this year Dr Kat warned that the machine takeover could lead mankind into a 'hellish dystopia'.
He believes employment provides people with a sense of self-worth and value and this self-worth could be lost as robots take control, leading humans into a life of 'meaningless' misery.
He claims the US opioid addiction and the rise of extremist groups are an early omen of a dystopian future.
'There will be massive unemployment. People want to be useful and work provides meaning, and so the world will sink into despair', he told the Daily Star.
A report last year claimed that 800 million workers could be replaced by machines by 2030.
Dr Kak said: 'Policy makers have begun to speak of a minimum guaranteed income with everyone provided food, shelter, and a smart phone, and that will not address the heart of the problem.
'In my view, the current opioid and drug epidemic in the US is a manifestation of this despair.
'Likewise, phenomena such as ISIS are a response to the meaninglessness that people find in a world devoted only to the cult of the body,' said Dr Kak.
In November, management consultancy firm, McKinsey, published areport called 'Jobs lost, jobs gained: Workforce transitions in a time of automation'.
The report focused on the amount of jobs that would be lost to automation, and what professions were most at risk.
The report claimed that there will be enough work to maintain full employment until 2030, but there will be challenging transitions ahead and that in about 60 per cent of jobs, at least one third of activities could be automated.
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