Stephen Hawking Views Internet Porn As A “Drawback”

Despite photographic evidence that he's a straight pimp, Stephen Hawking isn't all that impressed by internet porn. In fact, he views it as a drawback to the internet's overall benefits, equating it with threatening messages and hate speech. 

According to Crave Online (link below), Hawking recently shared these thoughts in an interview with the BBC, during which he also reiterated his warnings about creating artificial intelligence being man's ultimate undoing.

When asked to give his opinion on the web, Hawking replied: “The internet has brought a lot benefits, but it has its own drawbacks such as pornography and threatening messages.” Not that we’d ever really considered whether or not Hawking was into porn, but sometimes it’s just nice to know where people smarter than you and I stand on everyday issues such as people rutting on camera. 

Another criticism Hawking had to make regarding the internet was that it’s being used as a “command center for criminals and terrorists,” which is more-or-less the same rhetoric given by the NSA to justify their snooping into the underwear drawers of US citizens. 

But just as we were about to start raising our eyebrow at the physicist, he said something that won us back all over again. Speaking about the constant improvements being made to artificial intelligence and robotics, Hawking replied: “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

He continued: “Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.”

Man, Oculus Rift porn must really scare the shit out of Hawking, huh? 

Via Crave Online