Talk in the way of Professor Stephen Hawking

Since January 2015, the software to help English famous professor Stephen Hawking talk to people will be posted online for free.

This is a promising application that brings significant changes to the lives of millions of people suffering from motor neuron inflammation worldwide.

Help work effectively

According to AFP, the information was announced at a press conference in London (UK) on December 2. The physicist almost completely paralyzed is also present.

Using the software to help talk on the computer, Professor Stephen Hawking shared: 'The free use of this software can greatly improve the lives of people with disabilities around the world. Without it, I couldn't talk to you today. '

The 72-year-old theoretical physics professor once suffered from motor neuron inflammation from the age of 21. This is a disease associated with unilateral muscle sclerosis (ALS).

Thus, Stephen Hawking's communication software developed by Intel Corporation in the past three years will be added to the open source resource store in January 2015, although further adjustments are needed to serve the purpose. personal.

Prof. Stephen Hawking at a press conference in London on December 2 - (Photo: AFP)

This communication software helps to reduce the necessary movements when speaking, while helping Prof. Hawking to send email attachments for the first time. He can 'write' on the computer by using the touch device on the cheek attached to the infrared switch on the glass, helping him choose the characters he wants to express.

Intel said that thanks to the software, "Prof. Hawking's typing speed has doubled and improved tenfold efficiency in normal operations." England's SwiftKey also digitized the entire work of the professor so the computer quickly guessed what he was trying to say.

Also at the press conference, Prof. Stephen Hawking pointed out his own experience: ' Medicine has been unable to cure me, so I rely on technology to help me communicate and survive'. There are more than 3 million people suffering from quadriplegia and motor neuronitis worldwide.

Artificial intelligence warning threatens humanity

According to the BBC, Professor Hawking declared: 'The development of comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) can lead to the demise of humanity'. He issued this pessimistic warning after using an AI technology developed by Intel to communicate.

This technology learns how Professor Hawking thinks and suggests the words he wants to use. Professor described this early version of AI very useful but also frightened him.

'Humans can create AI with the ability to think for themselves, redesign themselves at high speed. Humans are limited by slow biological evolution that will not be able to compete with AI and will be overcome ' - Hawking stressed.

Not only Professor Hawking, recently famous technology entrepreneur Elon Musk also voiced warnings that AI is the most serious threat to humans. Others also expressed concern that the development of smart machines will cause millions of people to lose their jobs.

However, other experts believe that the risk from AI has been exaggerated. Scientist Rollo Carpenter, the famous software maker Cleverbot, thinks that humans will continue to master the technology for a long time.

He predicts that for decades it will be possible for scientists to build supercomputers and algorithms that reach the full range of artificial intelligence.