The "Black Mirror" scenarios that are leading some experts to call for more secrecy on AI

AI could reboot industries and make the economy more productive; it's already infusing many of the products we use daily. But a new report by more than 20 researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, OpenAI, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that the same technology creates new opportunities for criminals, political operatives, and oppressive governments--so much so that some AI research may need to be kept secret. Included in the report, The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation, are four dystopian vignettes involving artificial intelligence that seem taken straight out of the Netflix science fiction show Black Mirror. An administrator for a building's robot security system spends some of her time on Facebook during the workday. There she sees an ad for a model train set and downloads a brochure for it.