A beginner's guide to the AI apocalypse: The democratization of 'expertise'

In this series we examine some of the most popular doomsday scenarios prognosticated by modern AI experts. Previous articles include Misaligned Objectives, Artificial Stupidity, Wall-E Syndrome, Humanity Joins the Hivemind, and Killer Robots. We've covered a lot of ground in this series (see above), but nothing comes close to our next topic. The "democratization of expertise" might sound like a good thing -- democracy, expertise, what's not to like? But it's our intent to convince you that it's the single greatest AI-related threat our species faces by the time you finish reading this article.