Robot & AI Threat: Value Of Lies Defense

Physicist Stephen Hawking was interviewed by the BBC today.He speculated that the rise of artificial intelligence poses a threat to the human race. He went as far as predicting that machines could supersede humans and cause their extinction. While primitive AI is useful, advanced AI could empower machines to break away from human control. In a worst case scenario the machines could kill off humans.The article didn't elaborate on how or why the machines would terminate us.He raises more questions than answers.One advantage of human intelligence is its unique ability to lie.Machines aren't built to lie.That puts them at an immediate disadvantage.Of course lies in the long run will kill us off also. From religious lies to political lies to vanities each removes us from the truth of natural living.No. Machines are not the threat. Its the human who turns on the switch that is the problem.