Can artificial intelligence destroy humanity?

Updated date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 19:43

We asked Alexey Malanov, Kaspersky Malware Expert, what we were curious about about artificial intelligence and machine learning. We wanted to share with you our written interview which covers many topics from smart assistants to robots.
We asked 5 questions about artificial intelligence
Five questions were answered in the interview. Here are the questions and answers:

How effective are people's prejudices about artificial intelligence?

We predict that strong artificial intelligence can be real. As in the movies, it will be very difficult to predict the motives and objectives of such artificial intelligence. But humanity is not as stupid as the heroes in the movies. We will carefully approach the point where we will develop strong artificial intelligence.

I should also mention that we are now in the first stage of developing strong artificial intelligence. According to common estimates, it will take about 45 years to reach this technology.

Siri or Alexa mı Are artificial intelligence assistants really smart? Do they read the memorized commands or can they really think?

Voice assistants are very good at natural language processing and searching but they are smart
said. They cannot perform a task that is not programmed. Unconscious
they cannot be creative.
Can robots and artificial intelligence really destroy humanity?

Yes. Imagine a very intelligent person with great power. This person can connect to the Internet and control them. This can cause great problems for humanity. It doesn't matter if this person is human or artificial intelligence. Right now we don't know how to give artificial intelligence a purpose. But we may have to add pain to push him to learn.

Artificial intelligence knows every step to be able to predict. How secure is this information? What can happen when someone reaches them?

Think of a very intelligent person who can predict the outcome of each roll. The membrane has been discarded. All information used by artificial intelligence. All data must be protected. The consequences of leaks depend on the data itself, not on the user.

Can mankind notice the effects of artificial intelligence?

It all depends on the level of artificial intelligence. If it's smarter than just some people, it won't have much effect. However, if we are smarter than all human beings, we cannot imagine what they will do and their power. Some authors predict that there will be a huge increase in artificial intelligence. At one point, it is stated that artificial intelligence can begin to develop its own cognitive power. However, there are also objections in this perspective. In our opinion, the evolution process will be as slow and challenging as the current quantum computer development process. There will be plenty of time to prepare for humanity and take advantage of the artificial intelligence.