Why is AI so scary?

Abstract

This article is a review of the following three books, and explores the question of why artificial intelligence is viewed with fear by many people. Thomas M. Georges <i> Digital Soul: Intelligent Machines and Human Values</i> (Boulder, CO: Westview Press), 2004. Stefan Helmreich <i>Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World</i> (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press), 2000. Anne Foerst <i>God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity and God</i> (New York: Dutton), 2004.