Hawkings: Khan is real!

[John V]

https://www.sciencealert.com/stephen-haw...-ai-planet

"I am sure that during this century people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression," he writes.

"Laws will probably be passed against genetic engineering with humans. But some people won't be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics, such as size of memory, resistance to disease, and length of life."

The elites who receive this kind of genetic augmentation – which Hawking dubs "superhumans" – may emerge onto a collision course with natural humans, the professor suggests, and the contest could be one that comes to define the very future custodianship of the planet.

"Once such superhumans appear, there are going to be significant political problems with the unimproved humans, who won't be able to compete," he suggests.

Sorry Steve, but Star Trek beat you to it: