We can't imagine what real artificial intelligence will be like, and it doesn't care

Grasping the true potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is like trying to understand how a mantis shrimp sees the world. Mantis shrimp have the best colour vision of any creature on the planet. Humans can perceive just a paltry snippet of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We see that slice as a continuum of reflected colour from deep red to rich violet -- a rainbow flag of hues. We have three types of photoreceptors called cones, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light.