Fear our new robot overlords: This is why you need to take artificial intelligence seriously

"Teminator Genisys" (Credit: Paramount Pictures)
There are a lot of major problems today with tangible, real-world consequences. A short list might include terrorism, U.S.-Russian relations, climate change and biodiversity loss, income inequality, health care, childhood poverty, and the homegrown threat of authoritarian populism, most notably associated with the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, Donald Trump.
Yet if you’ve been paying attention to the news for the past several