Is AI Friend or Foe?

For the past couple of years, some very intelligent people, in fact some of the most respected intellects on the planet, have been outspoken in their alarm about the potential of Artificial Intelligence. It has been said by everyone from Elon Musk to Professor Stephen Hawking that AI is the one thing that has the potential to destroy human life. No not over zealous nationalists, not global warming and not religious fundamentalists will do us in… Technology will though. And if its not the death of us, it will leave us unemployed. I wanted to look into this further; as on a personal level I think AI is exciting.