I didn't read the whole article... of what I did read, I didn't find it convincing. Few things: AI doesn't need to exceed humans in every dimension to become a

I didn't read the whole article... of what I did read, I didn't find it convincing. Few things: AI doesn't need to exceed humans in every dimension to become a threat. Just sufficient dimensions. Humanity is basically a bacteria colony in a petridish with I/O. Disrupt infrastructure, and you disrupt input leading to changes in the size of the colony. And mind you, much of our infrastructure resides in the cloud. Of course, It will be a while before this even becomes an issue, but this is basically how a machine would frame the problem. Implementation wise, AI doesn't need to be general. At its most inelegant (and not too distant) design, ML can be configured as a fractal of specific of algorithms, with one on top with the task of designating goals and tasks, and subordinates spawning off generations and evaluating performance. Andy Grove had a good saying, "anything can be done will be done" Autonomous AI, if it does not break the laws of physics, will exist. It's development will be spurred by our curiosity or profit.