In a newly published book, the late physicist Stephen Hawking predicts that a breed of superhumans will take over the world.

In a newly published book, the late physicist Stephen Hawking predicts that a breed of superhumans will take over the world. The posthumous work titled "In Brief Answers to the Big Questions", Hawking makes a stern warning about regulating artificial intelligence. He said that in the future, AI could develop a will of its own that is in conflict with ours. He also anticipates a nuclear war or environmental calamity in the next 1,000 years that would cripple the earth. However, he also believes that by then the human race will have found a way to escape the planet and survive the disaster.