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 sign in become a supporter subscribe search find a job dating more from the guardian: change edition: edition International edition The Guardian - Back to home browse all sections close Technology Artificial intelligence 'will not end human race' Head of Microsoft’s main research lab admits that AI will pose legal, ethical and psychological issues as it becomes more sophisticated Titan, created by England Cyberstein Robots, at a food market ahead of an robotics exhibition in Moscow last year.
 of a robotics exhibition in Moscow last year.
 Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA Technology Artificial intelligence 'will not end human race' Head of Microsoft’s main research lab admits that AI will pose legal, ethical and psychological issues as it becomes more sophisticated Chris Johnston @cajuk Wed 28 Jan ‘15 18.
08 GMT Last modified on Wed 22 Feb ‘17 18.
19 GMT The head of Microsoft’s main research lab has dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to the survival of the human race.
 Eric Horvitz believed that humans would not “lose control of certain kinds of intelligences”, adding: “In the end we’ll be able to get incredible benefits from machine intelligence in all realms of life, from science to education to economics to daily life.
” Professor Stephen Hawking last month expressed his fears about the rise of AI.
 He believed that technology would eventually become self-aware and supersede humanity: “The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have, have proved very useful.
 But I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
” Eric Horvitz Eric Horvitz, head of the Microsoft Research Redmond lab.
 Photograph: Microsoft Horvitz made his comments in an video interview after being awarded the Feigenbaum Prize by the AAAI for his contribution to artificial intelligence research.
 However, he acknowledged that advances in AI were likely to have significant impact on society and pose numerous legal, ethical, economic and psychological issues.