How Realistic Is Westworld? We Asked a Futurist

Do you think if we ever do develop AI with true intelligence, it will inevitably come with the kinds of problems the show seems poised to explore: robots with growing self-awareness and a desire to act in a way that goes against their programming? You would think that those challenges would very likely come up. We're talking about something that has never been done and may never be done. There is definitely a group of very smart people who are focused on that and, in particular, are very concerned about the potential existential threat from artificial intelligence, if we ever do build machines that can think for themselves and make decisions for themselves.