Tyrant in the code

Cyrus Radfar is a founding engineer of AddThis, which was acquired by Oracle. Mankind has a complex relationship with the notion of Artificial Intelligence. Tinged with both fear and fascination; the timeline for AI development is punctuated by cultural and historical events that have brought with them new speculation and theories. Mechanical men and artificial beings were a prevalent feature of Greek myth, including the golden robots of Hephaestus and Pygmalion's Galatea; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein introduced generations of readers to a terrifying idea of non-human intelligence; and, in more recent times, the dialogue has included the idea of computerized tech becoming a threat to the existence of our species. These recent concerns culminated in the 2015 "Open Letter on Artificial Intelligence", signed by over 150 people including Professor Stephen Hawking, and have been perpetuated by Elon Musk's occasional ominous remarks.