Named the date of the seizure of humanity by robots

The other day in Saudi Arabia, the conference "Investment Initiative of the Future." Among the most prominent speeches we can mention the speech of Masayoshi Sona, Director General of the Japanese company SoftBank. Sleep is one of the bright supporters of the idea of ​​technological singularity.

Technological singularity is a phenomenon, as a result of which artificial intelligence will exceed human mental abilities so that robots can not only replace, but also significantly surpass people in many areas. The Japanese leader believes that by 2047 the IQ level of robots will approach the value of 10,000 points. For your information, now the maximum IQ level, which demonstrates the highest intellectual abilities, is 100-120 units. SoftBank is ready to invest more than $ 100 billion in projects that can stimulate and support the superhuman abilities of robots.

One of the works of SoftBank was robot Pepper. According to the developers, he is able to understand the emotions of a person and behave abnormally in various life situations. In a couple of decades, it is expected that robots like Pepper will be able to train themselves, and it will be almost impossible to determine the limits of their intellectual abilities.

Another supporter of the singularity is Google technical director Ray Kurzweil. As a futurologist and researcher, Kurzweil believes that the phenomenon of superiority of robots over people should not be afraid. Rather, on the contrary, this is worth striving for. Smart cars can greatly facilitate the daily lives of people, says Google's executive. In addition, they can enhance human intelligence. Kurzweil believes that the year 2045 could be the point of reference for the new era of the domination of artificial intelligence.

Opponents of this theory a lot. Among them, the famous head of Microsoft, Bill Gates, Tesla CEO Ilon Musk, a physicist and researcher Stephen Hawking. All of them believe that the effects of technological singularities may be unpredictable. If robots take possession of human minds, the world will face problems that are now even hard to imagine.Ilon Mask is afraid of frightening prospects so much that he decided to invest part of his capital in technologies that can ensure the confrontation of humanity over robots and save the world from being captured by smart machines.

Which of the two theories will be confirmed, as well as whose arguments will be the most justified, time will tell.