creators_name: Anderson, Michael
type: preprint
datestamp: 2005-10-20
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:12
metadata_visibility: show
title: Why is AI so scary?
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
full_text_status: public
keywords: artificial intelligence, religion, values, culture
note: To appear in <i>Artificial Intelligence</i>.
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.
date: 2005
date_type: published
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Anderson, Dr. Michael  (2005) Why is AI so scary?  [Preprint]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4577/1/ai_fear.pdf