To control AI, we need to understand more about humans

From Frankenstein to I, Robot, we have for centuries been intrigued with and terrified of creating beings that might develop autonomy and free will. And now that we stand on the cusp of the age of ever-more-powerful artificial intelligence, the urgency of developing ways to ensure our creations always do what we want them to do is growing. For some in AI, like Mark Zuckerberg, AI is just getting better all the time and if problems come up, technology will solve them. But for others, like Elon Musk, the time to start figuring out how to regulate powerful machine-learning-based systems is now. Not because I think the doomsday scenario that Hollywood loves to scare us with is around the corner but because Zuckerberg's confidence that we can solve any future problems is contingent on Musk's insistence that we need to "learn as much as possible" now.