Gregory C. Allen is an adjunct fellow in the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. In July 2017, his report “Artificial Intelligence and National Security” was published by the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
"Han the Robot" waits on stage before a discussion about the future of humanity in a demonstration of artificial intelligence (AI) by Hanson Robotics at the RISE Technology Conference in Hong Kong on July 12, 2017.
Artificial intelligence is the dominant theme at this year's sprawling RISE tech conference at the city's harbourfront convention centre, but the live robot exchange took the AI debate to another level. / AFP PHOTO / ISAAC LAWRENCE (Photo credit should read ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)
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