Prof Hawking told the BBC he felt that full artificial intelligence, which is used in a basic form in his new system, “could spell the end of the human race”.

He said: “The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have have proved very useful. But I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” He added that the technology would eventually become self-aware and “supersede” humanity as it developed faster than biological evolution.

could this be inevitable and what will happen to the human spirit