Mythical creatures like Bigfoot and Nessie are not real - but aliens might exist, a top scientist says. Professor Tim Coulson has urged monster hunters to “find another hobby” - after claiming beasts ...

The sixth extinction, also known as the Anthropocene extinction, refers to the ongoing, unprecedented loss of species. Unlike previous mass extinction events in Earth’s history, which were driven by ...

In these modern fables, human extinction is imagined in scientific terms, as the result of natural causes. But the fears they express are much older than science. The term apocalypse comes from an ...

Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as one of the “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, believes there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI could drive humanity to extinction within 30 years.

In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Hinton indicated that the likelihood of AI leading to human extinction within the next three decades has increased to between 10 per cent ...

Dubbed the "godfather of AI," Professor Geoffrey Hinton has changed his projection on the potential for artificial intelligence to become humanity's causative destructive end. Talking on BBC Radio ...