 Philosophers would be most interested in arguments for this view. What are Joy’s? Well, no small reason for the attention lavished on his paper is that, like Raymond Kurzweil (2000), Joy relies heavily on an argument given by none other than the Unabomber (Theodore Kaczynski). The idea is that, assuming we succeed in building intelligent machines, we will have them do most (if not all) work for us. If we further allow the machines to make decisions for us – even if we retain oversight over the machines –, we will eventually depend on them to the point where we must simply accept their decisions. But even if we don’t allow the machines to make decisions, the control of such machines is likely to be held by a small elite who will view the rest of humanity as unnecessary – since the machines can do any needed work (Joy 2000).