Agreed, Bhagpuss. The biggest risk today isn’t that AI will ‘take over the world’, but that ignorant/stupid/greedy people will put AI ‘in charge’.

And I’m not talking anything really serious here like nuclear weapons (although that would be catastrophic). AI ‘in charge’ of which resumes deserve an interview. AI ‘in charge’ of dispatching 911 calls. AI ‘in charge’ of which immigrants to imprison or dispatch to foreign jails. Heck, AI in charge of how to answer my support call!

Maybe one day AI will possess some elements of ‘real’ general intelligence like curiosity and a desire for truth. But probably not any day soon.