Is Artificial Intelligence Being Oversold?

After taking a 2-0 lead in its five-game match with Lee Sedol on Thursday, Google-DeepMind's AlphaGo artificial intelligence program seems likely to claim victory within the next few days. This will no doubt resurface the many questions people have about AI's future and whether humans are inching towards Matrix-like enslavement. Fortunately, last night's "Don't Trust the Promise of Artificial Intelligence" Intelligence Squared U.S. debate in New York City addressed a lot of these questions and concerns. Lanier teamed with Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen on the side of not trusting the promise of AI, emphasizing that the debate was about "the promise" as opposed to AI itself.