More likely he is referring to the idea that AI is on the verge of destroying humanity itself. For instance:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;stephen-hawking-elon-musk-and-bill-gates-warn-about-artificial-intelligence&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;stephen-hawking-elon-musk-and-bi...</a><p>Which makes sense. The opinion of everyone I know that has actually worked with machine learning and state-of-the-art AI (as in, written code, ran experiments, etc.) is that the idea of today&#x27;s AI suddenly waking up and taking over the world is utterly ridiculous, or at least not something we should be afraid of for the foreseeable future.