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EST (2019 GMT) From Correspondent Patricia Kelly 16 DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- Could artificially intelligent robots signal the end of the human race? Some Swiss scientists say such a threat may be closer than we think. Their doom and gloom talk was prompted by one of their own creations: an autonomous robot that learns from its environment. Within a few minutes, the microprocessor based robot can learn not to bump into a barrier. No one programs the robot's actions, and its creator isn't exactly sure how it will behave in any given situation. Within 10 years, they predict that similar but more advanced machines, equipped with artificial intelligence, will be as clever as humans. Soon after, they say, the man-made objects could become more intelligent than their creators -- and capable of taking over. Robot "In fact, I'm going so far as saying there will be major warfare between these two major groups, one saying building machines is the destiny of the human species, something people should do and the other group saying it's too dangerous," de Garis said. De Garis speculates that the robots might soon tire of their human creators. The day when robots no longer do what we want them to may already be here. De Garis' machine quickly decided it was camera shy and refused to be filmed by a CNN crew. Shy or not, only time will tell if these artificially intelligent machines will evolve enough to bring about our demise.
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