TY - GEN N1 - To appear in Artificial Intelligence. ID - cogprints4577 UR - http://cogprints.org/4577/ A1 - Anderson, Dr. Michael TI - Why is AI so scary? Y1 - 2005/// N2 - 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 Digital Soul: Intelligent Machines and Human Values (Boulder, CO: Westview Press), 2004. Stefan Helmreich Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press), 2000. Anne Foerst God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity and God (New York: Dutton), 2004. AV - public KW - artificial intelligence KW - religion KW - values KW - culture ER -