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Agent Smith from "The Matrix," Skynet from the "Terminator" franchise, Ash from "Alien," the ship from "WALL-E" -- when humanity envisions artificial intelligence (AI) going bad, we envision it going so apocalyptically bad that our tools rise up and enslave us. That tension can be felt in the world of robotics and AI development today. Elon Musk rather famously told Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance about his concerns that Alphabet could have perfectly good intentions but could still "produce something evil by accident."