I share Stephen Hawking's concerns. I think AI is already at a point where maybe 10 or even 15 years down the road, artificial intelligence will be everywhere. Autonomous public transport, taxis, driver-less vehicles, autonomous crime prevention systems. The military is said to always be at least 10 years ahead of public tech research and development, look what they've already got now, imagine another 10 years.
We've become a society that is too big and intelligent to fail, but that ignorance of being too smart and big to fail could be that our downfall is.
I share the concern partially. It's similar to other technologies which have downsides. Nuclear power for example. AI will have the power to help humanity prosper or cause its downfall. The balance will be for us to decide, again just like Nuclear power; for with great power comes great responsibility.
We've become a society that is too big and intelligent to fail, but that ignorance of being too smart and big to fail could be that our downfall is.