Don’t Fear the Terminator

As we teeter on the brink of another technological revolution--the artificial intelligence revolution--worry is growing that it might be our last. The fear is that the intelligence of machines will soon match or even exceed that of humans. They could turn against us and replace us as the dominant "life" form on earth. Our creations would become our overlords--or perhaps wipe us out altogether. Such dramatic scenarios, exciting though they might be to imagine, reflect a misunderstanding of AI.