Why Humans Want AI to Fail

If humans are wary of AI in dominant roles, will we ever allow them to be truly useful and act on our behalf? A s far as misunderstood fictional artificial intelligence (AI) systems go, HAL 9000 from the 1968 book and film 2001: A Space Odyssey has gotten the most undeserved grief. Yes, HAL killed four of the five astronauts on its spaceship -- but it was just trying to follow instructions. HAL wasn't malevolent when it sent one astronaut tumbling into outer space, or when it refused to let another back into the space station, it simply found those methods to be the most elegant way to solve a problem it had been given. Should AI systems draw the line at murder?