The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1
&gt; We may be on the verge of creating a new life form, one that could mark not only an evolutionary breakthrough, but a potential threat to our survival as a species<p>This is exactly what&#x27;s wrong with the press and peoples expectations about AI. That single paragraph set the tone for the article to me, and know I&#x27;m totally biased to thinking &quot;this is just sensationalism media&quot;.<p>Edit: I expand a bit after reading, and totally agree with seiji&#x27;s comment.<p>&gt; But gradually it rises, and begins to stumble-run toward the goal. <i>You can almost see it gaining confidence</i>, its legs moving beneath it, now picking up speed like a running back.<p>(emphasis is mine) No, it&#x27;s not gaining confidence, it&#x27;s just optimizing a function. Despite what magical words have been used by those explaining to the journalist the works of the algorithm, there robot doesn&#x27;t feel or pursue anything other than what it is being programmed to do: optimize an energy function with respect to some parameters, which are set ahead of the training sesion.<p>Like others commented, the journalistic quality of the article is on the low end of the spectrum. I wonder how this made it to the front page. I began reading expecting something of a certain quality, and that expectation was certainly not met.