Why Do People Fear Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

A growing chorus of AI experts have voiced their concerns and fears about artificial intelligence. What do they know that we don’t?

Why do people fear artificial intelligence?

This question has preoccupied me for years (even before I wrote a little-known novel about murderous androids in a shopping mall).

And now, in 2023, as we witness a Cambrian explosion of artificial intelligence platforms and capabilities, this question takes on new meaning. AI is no longer just the stuff of scienc...