But the AI-kills-the-world hypothesis has no basis in reality, whatsoever. It's fiction. We might as well be writing computer viruses to help protect against al

But the AI-kills-the-world hypothesis has no basis in reality, whatsoever. It's fiction. We might as well be writing computer viruses to help protect against alien invasions (that's the plot of Independence Day). It's a completely baseless fear stemming from our complete ignorance of what AI might be like - just utter science fiction.