dr. kentaro toyama

Kentaro Toyama is a computer scientist who studies the relationship between technology and global development. He is the W. K. Kellogg Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and author of "Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology." Toyama spoke to WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor about artificial intelligence researchers' concerns that AI could be the apocalypse that ends humanity — something pre-eminent British Professor Stephen Hawking also expressed concerns about before he died.

There have been protests for several days this week outside the University of Michigan Administration Building by a group of faculty members, who say they…