&gt;At least with AI, you don&#x27;t have a system that has been fine-tuned by eons of evolution to manipulate people at least partly against their own interests.<p>As a smart person, I actually find this remarkably insulting.  Not only do I have little <i>desire</i> to manipulate others, I have little <i>ability</i>.  I&#x27;m much better with computers than with manipulating people.