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Will robot overlords kill us or cooperate with us? AI unit sheds light on this question

When our robot overlords arrive, will they decide to kill us or cooperate with us? New research from DeepMind, Alphabet Inc’s London-based artificial intelligence unit, could ultimately shed light on this fundamental question.
 
They have been investigating the conditions in which reward-optimising beings, whether human or robot, would choose to cooperate, rather than compete. The answer could have implications for how computer intelligence may eventually be deployed to manage complex systems such as an economy, city traffic flows, or environmental policy.
 
Joel Leibo, the lead author of a paper DeepMind published online on Thursday, said in an email that