&gt; We can and should, however, discuss the more immediate related dangers of our real-world machine learning, such as self-reinforcing bias.<p>Quoting to emphasize.<p>It is one thing to acknowledge that there is a non-zero probability that an uncontrollable AI might be created, but that we have other things to worry about and so why hand-wring over it.<p>What should be the strong counterpoint to this hand-wringing is that what we should be doing is better understanding the behavior of the &quot;weak&quot; AI we have now. We need grasp where it does and doesn&#x27;t work, a difficult problem to &quot;sell&quot; since it lacks that alien-like doomsday aspect or predatory agency.<p>These kinds of problems are the problems of our own creation and thus we must take ownership.