Anti-robot protestors marched in the streets of Austin, home to the South by Southwest (SXSW) culture and tech festival citing concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

Over two dozen people from nearby University of Texas held signs that read 'Stop the Robots' 'Humans are the future'. The protest group is a collective of 15 to 20 undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin who have concerns about the future of technology and AI.

The group is dedicated to use technology for good and understanding the true risks that artificial intelligence poses to humanity.

The protest was led by 23-year-old computer engineer Adam Mason who has cautioned against unrestrained reliance on technology and claims that AI might outrun human control.

He said, "Humans make mistakes. If we make something that is as smart as humans or smarter, why won't it make mistakes? We have to consider solutions based on human morality, rather than the morality of a computer".

The group's members put on matching blue T-shirts and marched on the Austin Convention Center with signs urging spectators to be cautious of AI. The protest turned out to be a success and won articles in publications as varied as USA Today, TechCrunch, and Infowars. A television segment about the group was ran by Fox News.

The goal of 'Stop the Robots' is hardly aims to destroy every robot both current and future, rather to advise the makers of these technologies to consider the implications of the systems they are creating.

Tesla founder Elon Musk and the scientist Stephen Hawking have also warned that the biggest existential threat is AI. Hawking said that AI has the potential to end mankind.