But who is to say that all pessimism is wrong? There are very good reasons to be concerned about artificial intelligence (http://intelligence.org/ie-faq/#Friend

But who is to say that all pessimism is wrong? There are very good reasons to be concerned about artificial intelligence (http://intelligence.org/ie-faq/#FriendlyAI http://intelligence.org/ie-faq/#FriendlyAI). Robots really could create mass unemployment. It may be possible for people to create engineered plagues. Technology is making mass government surveillance extremely cheap and effective. Military technology increasingly favors the side with the most money.