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Why AI won't wipe out humanity ... yet

7:00 AM ET Wed, 20 April 2016

Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku says that humans have resisted some technology because of humanity's hunter-gatherer mentality. He tells CNBC that a new wave of technological innovation could change that.

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