This is how humanity ends, to thunderous applause

This article seems like a pretty sure sign of the impending apocalypse. Listen, why, even if you could do it, would you in god's name want to do research into any of the following?

1) Humanoid robots with 10 times our strength?

2) Nano machines that can replicate themselves?

3) Super intelligent computers to store our identities?

Yeah, those are going to make life soooo much better.