🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. ✖ Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have joined prominent artificial intelligence researchers in pledging support for principles to protect mankind from machines and a potential AI arms race. An open letter published by the Future of Life Institute (FLI) on Monday outlined the Asilomar AI Principles—23 guidelines to ensure the development of artificial intelligence that is beneficial to humanity. For decades, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's 'Three Laws of Robotics' were a cornerstone for the ethical development of robots and artificial intelligence machines. First laid out in his 1942 short story Runaround, Asimov's three principles stated: A robot must not harm a human through action or inaction; a robot must obey humans; and a robot must protect its own existence. Each rule takes precedence over the rules that follow it in order to ensure a human's life is protected over the existence of a robot. Robotic and AI ethicists have argued that these rules are a good starting point but are too simplistic for the the 21st Century. A 2009 paper published in the International Journal of Social Robotics suggested the sophistication of computers and their increasing integration into our lives mean better guidelines are needed. The Asilomar AI Principles follow previous open letters on AI safety and autonomous weapons and has already been signed by more than 700 artificial intelligence and robotics researchers. The principles call for shared responsibility to ensure shared prosperity and caution against an artificial intelligence arms race. "I'm not a fan of wars, and I think it could be extremely dangerous," said Stefano Ermon from the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, who was among the signatories. "Obviously I think that the technology has a huge potential and, even just with the capabilities we have today, it's not hard to imagine how it could be used in very harmful ways." Top AI researchers agree on principles for developing benefical AI https://t.co/CATbd4oidF