Hollywood scary stories about AI are not so much fear of AI in its own right. What you have is fear of a return to the pyramidal social structure of utter command from the top. AIs could permanently establish an iron boot on our face as in Orwell's 1984 or a control system based on pleasure forever as in Huxley's brave new world. But they're still not keeping faith with the flattened diamond paraclean system.
Our special guest for the first episode of the Mindplex Podcast is David Brin, a scientist and science fiction author of more than 35 books over the last 40 years. His PhD in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego led to his current involvement with NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
5. From David: "Okay this one is purely political, trying to get Democrats to try new tactics in phase 8 of the US Civil War: Polemical Judo, by David Brin: http://www.davidbrin.com/polemicaljudo.html