How Smart Is Artificial Intelligence Really? - InformationWeek

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has received a lot of criticism recently for saying at the National Governors Association meeting, "AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that." Musk also referred to artificial intelligence (AI) technology as "the scariest problem" and called for government regulation. This is not new rhetoric; we have heard alarming language about AI as an existential threat to humanity for years now. I prefer to be killed by my own stupidity rather than the codified morals of a software engineer or the learned morals of an evolving algorithm. No. Do I feel threatened?