I think so. Not just because of copyrights as the article covers, because the people who want to abuse copyright for A.I. and the people who own copyrights are

I think so. Not just because of copyrights as the article covers, because the people who want to abuse copyright for A.I. and the people who own copyrights are basically the same people. They will simply cross-license and lock normal people out of using the products of A.I. by wielding that licensing against individuals. The real reason is that anybody can do A.I. and it can't be very patent-encumbered, being a number of abstract mathematical techniques. If it becomes an absurdly productive technology, you won't easily be able to keep people from using it in private. Maybe the real Butlerian Jihad will be the government Office of A.I. Copyright Royalties sending agents and their silicon-sniffing dogs to kick in people's doors following rumors of Aggravated Infringement. Maybe it will be what finally gets general purpose computers banned?