%A Dr. Michael Anderson
%O To appear in <i>Artificial Intelligence</i>.
%T Why is AI so scary?
%X 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.
%D 2005
%K artificial intelligence, religion, values, culture
%L cogprints4577

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