AI: "Deep Mind"

"Deep Mind [is] a British firm creating software that tries to help computers think like humans."   Google purchased the firm in 2012, one in a long list of acquisitions focused on the development of artificial intelligence.

Lots of people feel that AI could be a danger to humanity, in addition to the benefits we would gain by using intelligent machines.  One of those people is a founder of Deep Mind, Shane Legg, who said: 

"Eventually, I think human extinction will probably occur, and technology will likely play a part in this . . ."  Among all forms of technology that could wipe out the human species, he singled out artificial intelligence, or AI, as the 'number 1 risk for this century.'

So it's not surprising that, as part of the agreement, Google "will establish an ethics board to ensure the artificial intelligence technology isn't abused . . "