A computer as we know it is a binary logic playback machine. A human creates logic (aka, a "program") and the computer "executes" it --- i.e. plays it back at

A computer as we know it is a binary logic playback machine. A human creates logic (aka, a "program") and the computer "executes" it --- i.e. plays it back at high speed as many times as desired with varying inputs as needed. This is definitely a useful tool but fears and expectations that it will take on a life or an agenda of it's own is about as unscientific and illogical as expecting a hammer to start driving it's own nails. "Big tech" is playing along with this foolery because they would like nothing better than to legally restrict technology to themselves. They would love it if government can be hoodwinked into effectively "patenting" AI so only they could use it. In other words, any real danger here is from people and government --- the same as it has always been.