Will artificially intelligent machines be dangerous to humans?

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  Artificial intelligence can be a great gift for mankind or a great mistake! I believe that in the short term AI will benefit mankind as we use robots to create cleaner and better vehicles and machines for our human benefit. The danger will be when by accident or design one artificially intelligent computer becomes a super intelligent computer and a foolish human somewhere decides to use it for making war! War enhances the creation and ability of killing machines. From the Black Powder invented by the Chinese to Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel, our ability to murder each other has progressed. The creation of the Atomic Bomb brought us to the brink of disaster and mankind took a step back. Today the small robot drones that are patrolling the skies of Iraq are a prelude to disaster! The better the technology the deadlier the invention. If we give machines the capacity to think without automatic shut off switches that turn off when Ethical and Moral codes are breached, the human race will be in trouble! Dangerous thinking machines will quickly develop the capacity to eradicate our species and perpetuate themselves.

 Experience has taught me that warnings seldom work...even when experts like professor Stephen Hawking gives the warning. Human greed is all pervasive! All I can suggest is that we take precautions and create machines with automatic shut-off  switches and self destruct mechanisms deeply implanted within their artificial brains. This will at least give the human race a chance to survive with the machines until we evolve into a more ethical and creative as well as a more humanitarian species .
Author: Joseph Raglione.