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Some very brief words about robots and AI phobia

You have been hearing blazing headlines on the internet from various very credible sources, saying some incredible (as in not credible) things:

Mark my words — A.I. is far more dangerous than nukes — Elon Musk (CNBC. March 13, 2018).

I am in the camp that is concerned about artificial intelligence. First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent. That should be positive if we manage it well. A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern. I agree with Elon Musk and some others on this and don’t understand why some people are not concerned. — Bill Gates, TechEmergence.com, March 9, 2018.

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