Skip to main content current edition: International edition The Guardian - Back to home Become a supporter Subscribe Find a job Jobs Sign in Search Show More Close with google Artificial intelligence (AI) Opinion It’s too late to give machines ethics – they’re already beyond our control Sue Blackmore Google’s Demis Hassabis suggests we can mitigate the dangers of artificial intelligence by instilling values, but even now it’s evolving for its own benefit, fed by our phones, drones and CCTV plays rock-scissors-paper with a robot programmed by scientists to use artificial intelligence controls on to AI before it’s too late.
’ Photograph: David Cheskin/PA Artificial intelligence (AI) Opinion It’s too late to give machines ethics – they’re already beyond our control Sue Blackmore Google’s Demis Hassabis suggests we can mitigate the dangers of artificial intelligence by instilling values, but even now it’s evolving for its own benefit, fed by our phones, drones and CCTV Fri 18 Sep ‘15 11.
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05 GMT Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and now Demis Hassabis of Google’s DeepMind have all warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), urging that we put ethical controls in place before it’s too late.
 But they have all mistaken the threat: the AI we have let loose is already evolving for its own benefit.