This was a really big deal when I read it back then. It led me more seriously into robotics and ai and the discussion of the singularity and jobs. But Bill Joy'

This was a really big deal when I read it back then. It led me more seriously into robotics and ai and the discussion of the singularity and jobs. But Bill Joy's essay was not just waiting for the AI to become super-human he was aware that way before it would be dangerous to humans. One of my favorite quotes from the article which really has informed a lot of my thinking later: "Clarke continued: "Looking into my often cloudy crystal ball, I suspect that a total defense might indeed be possible in a century or so. But the technology involved would produce, as a by-product, weapons so terrible that no one would bother with anything as primitive as ballistic missiles."