BBC debunks spate of runaway AI scare stories in the media

The BBC has debunked a flurry of attention grabbing headlines claiming that ‘dangerous’ artificial intelligence is on the march after deploying its technology reporter Chris Baraniuk to delve a little deeper.
A wave of similar stories swept Britain’s newspapers on Tuesday with the Mirror declaring that ‘Robot intelligence is dangerous’ with The Sun, Independent and Telegraph also weighing in with similarly alarmist headlines – all based on a single Facebook bl