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Artificial intelligence (AI) is here, and its benefits are seemingly limitless. There is a flip side though--there always is. AI experts, and those involved with AI, are concerned that if we do not proceed with caution, some of the strange things predicted in science-fiction movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey may be more truth than fiction. Elon Musk told The New York Times that his experience with AI at Tesla allows him to say with confidence, "We're headed toward a situation where AI is vastly smarter than humans." He adds, "That doesn't mean everything goes to hell in five years. It just means that things get unstable or weird."