"Why do we have such a deep fear that, left to their own devices, this is what AIs would do?" Because they are very thinly veiled ultra-soft sci fi criticism o

"Why do we have such a deep fear that, left to their own devices, this is what AIs would do?" Because they are very thinly veiled ultra-soft sci fi criticism of mans inhumanity to man. The AI is just part of the setting, in the background of the message. There's usually some criticism via analogy of colonialism and racism embedded in the fiction. We could have gone to Africa, or Afghanistan, and done xyz, but instead, some rich guys made boatloads of money doing abc, and we haven't evolved past that yet.