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Stephen Hawking 1942–2018

Theoretical physicist, A Brief History of Time

His 2015 r/science AMA: the questions were collected, and r/science moderators posted his written answers from this account.

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The 2015 r/science AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 2 posts and 9 comments from u/Prof-Stephen-Hawking, all from 2015, most often in r/science.

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Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!

On July 27, reddit, WIRED, and Nokia brought us the first-ever AMA with Stephen Hawking with this note: At the time, we, the mods of r/science, noted this: "This AMA will be run differently due to the constraints of Professor Hawking. The AMA will be in two parts, today we with…

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You’re right: media often misrepresent what is actually said. The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A superintelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in trouble. You’re probably not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice, but if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. Let’s not place humanity in the position of those ants.

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