Artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity, scientists say in a new report

Although artificial intelligence (AI) can make an important contribution to healthcare, it also threatens a whole range of factors that play a role in public health. Experts write this in the scientific journal BMJ Global Health. They refer to the increasing possibilities to control and manipulate people, the increase and dehumanization of lethal weapons capacity and the way in which human labour is becoming increasingly superfluous. The emergence of selflearning AI in particular poses a threat to humanity