Robots are predicted to rule the world by the 2060s.
Robots could rule the world by the 2060s
A new survey has found that artificial intelligence is expected to peak in the next 40 years and that machines will take control of politics and economics.
It is feared that the only role for human beings will be to entertain or work for the robots - especially as they will have developed emotions and opinions by then.
The nightmare scenario was previously outlined by the late physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who warned that creating AI "would be the biggest event in human history" but that it "might also be the last".
Software firm Qlik questioned 2,000 Brits about robo-tech such as AI-enabled vehicles, domestic robots and smart devices.
Sixty per cent believe that robots are a danger to humans and 86 per cent believe that they must be "properly supervised".