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...does Randall really think he's some kind of futurist visionary with unparalleled insight into the real problems coming down the pike? AI is already advanced enough to control unstoppable swarms of NUCLEAR GODDAMN MISSILES, and has been for almost sixty years. AI on the side of the line that only Randall is perspicacious enough to worry about isn't a big cause for concern because it's just one more weapon: you can't really raise the bar much beyond MIRVs. AI on the side that the plebs worry about would represent a qualitative shift, because nothing we've learned from our experience with humans wielding doomsday weapons would apply any longer.

What Former NASA Employee Randall Munroe likes to ignore in these situations is that his perspective is just as plebeian as anyone else's-- maybe more so, since he never seems to have anything to add to whatever he read in the last Malcolm Gladwell book.