I really like the joke that someone made on twitter a while ago about this: "The probability of creating AI that will accidentally destroy civilization is same

I really like the joke that someone made on twitter a while ago about this: "The probability of creating AI that will accidentally destroy civilization is same as the danger that a kid playing with lego will create a nuclear weapon. " I don't remember the exact wording but it was something similar to that. Working with machine learning and AI algorithms all day its laughable to think that our industry will reach singularily anytime soon. This type of thinking will ultimately result in restrictions by the government that in my opinion slow down the advancement in the field without any real benefit. The hardest thing to understand is Intelligence is not a human thing. Its just a tool humans use just like our hands and the scientific method to do things with. There might be a time a group like ISIS will gain access to some sort of AI algorithm to do bad things but I think the good people will have access to that algorithm way before the bad guys, and the best way to allow the good guys to gain access to general AI is to not restrict what they are doing.