Aaron Smith, senior researcher at the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project with Technology is having a big impact on our lives, and it’s likely to have an even bigger impact in the future.  Reporter Larry Miller tells us British academics are probing into whether modern technology is a danger to humans. Les Sinclair talks about Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Google researchers join forces to avoid ‘pitfalls’ of artificial intelligence.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/12/elon-musk-stephen-hawking-google-execs-join-forces-to-avoid-unspecified-pitfalls-of-artificial-intelligence/