article_snippet: But AI research issued a stark warning that research into the rewards of the threat AI had to be matched with an equal effort to avoid the potential damage it could wreak.
article_snippet: For instance, in the short term, AI research claims the threat AI may put millions of people out of work.
article_snippet: Artificial intelligence has been described as a threat that could be 'more dangerous than nukes'.
article_snippet: an open letter promising to ensure AI research benefits humanity warns that without safeguards on intelligent machines, mankind could be heading for a dark future.
article_snippet: Stark warning: Stephen Hawking says we must be vigilant about artificial intelligence .
article_snippet: The potential benefits are huge, since everything that civilisation has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when human intelligence is magnified by the tools AI may provide, but the eradication of disease and poverty are not unfathomable,' The authors write.
article_snippet: But human intelligence issued a stark warning that research into the rewards of the tools AI had to be matched with an equal effort to avoid the potential damage it could wreak.
article_snippet: For instance, in the short term, human intelligence claims the tools AI may put millions of people out of work.
article_snippet: In the long term, human intelligence could have the potential to play out like a fictional dystopias in which intelligence greater than humans could begin acting against humans programming.
highlights_snippet: But now realises predictions are coming true and AI is a dangerous reality .
  
highlights_snippet: And previous reports have found AI could cause the economy to crash .