You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

I, for one, do not welcome our new robot overlords. Let me elaborate Writing about Artificial Intelligence is a challenge. By and large, there are two directions to take when discussing the subject: focus on the truly remarkable achievements of the technology or dwell on the dangers of what could happen if machines reach a level of Sentient AI, in which self-aware machines reach human level intelligence) This dichotomy irritates me. I don't want to have to choose sides. As a technologist, I embr...