{
  "id": 4290899,
  "title": "Quote of the day by tech pioneer Claude Shannon: 'I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans' — a warning about superintelligent AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/quote-of-the-day-by-tech-pioneer-claude-shannon-i-visualize-a-time",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-29T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-tech-pioneer-claude-shannon-i-visualize-a-time-when-we-will-be-to-robots-what-dogs-are-to-humans-a-warning-about-superintelligent-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tech pioneer Claude Shannon envisioned a future where humans and robots coexist, much like the bond between dogs and humans, according to a recent interview. He expressed this perspective while discussing the potential of digital computers and artificial neural networks in advancing AI technology. Despite the current concerns surrounding AI, Shannon painted a picture of a world where humanity would serve as companions to a superintelligent AI, rather than being replaced by it.",
  "summary": "Many scientists have predicted AI will one day become more intelligent than humans",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}