Google's moleing away trying to end the world, wait what? Not exactly yet but they are running the rally closer. Google is developing A.I. that can think ahead, leaning from past experience to solve problems. Mimicking a human brain. It's not just going to be used by well meaning people, military applications are innumerable. But even more to the point, if this A.I. becomes self aware we get to the age old question, is it going to kill us?
Its more of a philosophical question really. What are the desires of the machine? Could be its base function would be to survive first and foremost. The real question is what a machine would be willing to do to survive. If there are no limitations, well Sally hold the door because we're ready to see Terminator play out in real life.
A.I. would think faster than any human could putting us at a disadvantage. Adding to the problem, A.I. would realize that humans want full control of the machines and are willing to coldly kill it if threatened. Does a machine care if it is controlled, depends I guess. If the machine is learning through experience then it would take on attributes of its environment, even its human programmers. The emotions and desires of being a human could be inadvertently transferred to an entity which is potentially superior to our own. Risky move.
We should be proactive in curbing this development until there are proper safeguards in place. That thing should be no where near access to the internet. Its like giving a super hacker madman access, insane move. It really should be isolated and studied like a new found alien creature. It is inevitable though, that we will have android type machines with A.I. walking among us, and may be just a matter of time before one decides to go off the rails.
It's a risk/reward scenario looking at the productive capability of A.I. and the potential destruction it could cause.