I'm Not Afraid of Artificial Intelligence – Sean Norton – Medium

There's something deeply philosophical about all that but I haven't quite figured it out yet; last I checked most people don't fear that their children might one day rise against them and throw them out. It's a common trope that pops up in anything ranging from science fiction to silicon valley coffee shops. There are two closely-related reasons for this fear: (1) some people believe AI will be so intelligent that they will destroy us, whether physically or just "spiritually" (by taking the mystery out of everything); or (2) human beings will be replaced by AI in everything ranging from economics to art to politics, and we will have nothing to do. I don't think either of these are worth too much thought to be honest. The biggest thing seems to be the unmitigated power; at least unmitigated by what we could normally call'powerful' as human beings.