How Much Should You Freak out About AI? - by Michael Huemer

He makes it sound like we're virtually certain to all be killed by a superintelligent AI in the not-too-distant future. Here, I'll explain why I'm not freaking out as much as Eliezer Yudkowsky. AI researchers have a history of exaggerated predictions. Science fiction stories were similarly off. The highly intelligent HAL 9000 computer imagined by Arthur C. Clarke was supposed to exist in 2001.