| Professor Bonkers and colleagues at Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is to investigate whether technology could destroy human civilisation. He cautions against dismissing a potential rise of the robots which, while not necessarily malevolent, may have interests that don't include humans.
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Fears that machines may take over have been central to the plot of some of the most popular science fiction films.
Perhaps most famous is Skynet, a rogue computer system depicted in the Terminator films.
Skynet gained self-awareness and fought back after first being developed by the US military.
But how will the nutty professor account for any classified military developments? After all, the military have a habit of doing 'stuff' without letting us know about it, until it's too late and turns into Skynet.
At least Beebnet has a sense of humour though:
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Survival of the human race permitting, the centre will launch next year.
LMAO
 bastard by name
bastard by nature
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