Some scientists speculate that humans are currently constitute a new mass extinction event for the planet. [0] Animals that people like, charismatic megafauna

Some scientists speculate that humans are currently constitute a new mass extinction event for the planet. [0] Animals that people like, charismatic megafauna like pandas, tigers, and elephants are increasingly endangered, largely because humans keep using more of their habitat for other purposes. See the famous comic "The fence" [1]. We cut down rainforests and build farms not because we hate the animals there but because we need lumber and we need food. That's the fear. Not that a superintelligence would care about us in any way --- instead, precisely the opposite. A superior intelligence that did not care about us would out compete us. It would drive us to extinction by simply making use of all the available resources. [0]: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/5/e1400253 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/5/e1400253 [1]: http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a7ca7a2142d95ecc558fef70a6dd2b0/tumblr_meup292TEO1rb6id0o1_500.jpg http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a7ca7a2142d95ecc558fef70a6dd2b0/...