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Re:Artificial intelligence: Our final invention? by pygy_ on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:24PM (#6928903)
All they need is to be smart and strong enough to take control of the dense energy sources (oil, coal, uranium). Then we're toast.

No need to be millions of times smarter, whatever that may mean.

Re:Artificial intelligence: Our final invention? by rubinelli on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:46PM (#6929089)
We have more-than-human entities controlling our energy resources. They are called corporations, and some even argue they are pretty much already out of our control.
Re:Artificial intelligence: Our final invention? by pygy_ on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @01:50PM (#6929635)
Corporations are still human-oriented.

Another scary thing is the combination of the internet of things that is currently taking shape, and the fact that a lot of computer systems are backdoored by governments.

Nice attack vector for smart software (not counting accidental vulnerabilities).