@misc{cogprints4577, title = {Why is AI so scary?}, author = {Dr. Michael Anderson}, year = {2005}, note = {To appear in {\ensuremath{<}}i{\ensuremath{>}}Artificial Intelligence{\ensuremath{<}}/i{\ensuremath{>}}.}, keywords = {artificial intelligence, religion, values, culture}, url = {http://cogprints.org/4577/}, 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 {\ensuremath{<}}i{\ensuremath{>}} Digital Soul: Intelligent Machines and Human Values{\ensuremath{<}}/i{\ensuremath{>}} (Boulder, CO: Westview Press), 2004. Stefan Helmreich {\ensuremath{<}}i{\ensuremath{>}}Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World{\ensuremath{<}}/i{\ensuremath{>}} (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press), 2000. Anne Foerst {\ensuremath{<}}i{\ensuremath{>}}God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity and God{\ensuremath{<}}/i{\ensuremath{>}} (New York: Dutton), 2004.} }