CONNOR AXIOTES: Computers don't care whether we live or die. Letting them become infinitely more intelligent than us is tantamount to a death wish for humanity

For years, people have obsessed over the 'Doomsday Clock' as a symbolic warning of nuclear apocalypse. But the real danger we should all be frightened of is a risk of our own making - AI.


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