Artificial Intelligence Without the Utopian Promise-land and Dystopian Armageddon

Before you start reading, think of 3 possible scenarios for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). If I asked you to think of 3 possible scenarios for the future of AI, I am guessing you'd think of the bad first: Takeover scenario -- Terminator-style. Computers and robots dominate human species, take over our planet, and eventually wipe us off the face of Earth. Or, that the power of AI will be held, and used by a handful of tyrants whose sole purpose is to enslave the rest of us. You might've also thought of a hybrid scenario, where we lose some of our humanity to gain far superior computational and physical power. And finally, you might've even thought of brighter days where robots work for human species who now enjoy their Universal Basic Income (UBI), follow their "passions" or their "useless" creative endeavors, and live without a single worry in the world. Even though these are the most commonly talked about scenarios, I think we are missing the most probable scenarios somewhere in the "boring AI outcomes" section. First of all, AI, being as hyped of a topic as it is, attracts attention, and attention is usually not maintained by analyzing history and political philosophy and coming up with a possible outcome based on that. Attention is maintained by either fear or hope for a better tomorrow (i.e. That's why these'common scenarios' are not only the most written but also the most read about scenarios. If you haven't picked it up already, you'll be reading about one of the "boring AI outcomes".