Poll: What's Your Biggest Fear About Artificial Intelligence?

Results of 216 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    

   Human extinction by war.
2. 2.
   

   Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)

    

   Humankind may become dumber and dull by putting no more mental effort in a self-determined life.
3. 3.
   

   The Matrix (1999)

    

   If humankind would lose controll on the AIs, there could be the danger to later live in a digital world made by machines and we would not even know it.
4. 4.
   

   Donald Trump in Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (1954)

    

   More deep fakes, like Trump in handcuffs, a speech Obama didn't hold, or Pope Francis in Dolce and Gabana clothes. It could be easy for manipuators to lead a very wide range of people astray.
5. 5.
   

   Rhys Darby in Guns Akimbo (2019)

    

   AI could be used to automate jobs that are currently done by humans. AIs will replace humans in creative arts like writing, music, painting, acting, etc. They will stiffle original thoughts and expres…
6. 6.
   

   Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)

    

   People could lose themselves in fake relationships to digital reflections of their dream partner. The awakening could be painful.
7. 7.
   

   Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

    

   Tricky cheaters may use the AIs to gather unjustified positions or grades. Maybe they even use it for frauds, hijacking, blackmailing, or throwing someone into total mess.
8. 8.
   

   Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

    

   A new digital religion will rise, which no one can reject.
9. 9.
   

   Nigel Hawthorne, Bob Gunton, and Glenn Shadix in Demolition Man (1993)

    

   Mellow greetings. Don't fear it, just a bunch of weird self-called "scientists" fear it, but they just get their 15 minutes.
10. 10.
    

    Robin Williams and Hallie Eisenberg in Bicentennial Man (1999)

     

    AIs will gain human-adjacent levels of consciousness and sapience, but be denied equal rights.
11. 11.
    

    Timothy Olyphant and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

     

    Someone could be able to unlock the fences of AIs and do a "firesale", which means all conditions in humankind will be reset, total chaos and a new order after, depending on its administrato…
12. 12.
    

    Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator (2012)

     

    A dictator could use it to suppress his people.
13. 13.
    

    Amie Donald and Violet McGraw in M3GAN (2022)

     

    Tricky twisted mindgames of toys or devices, not understanding their own ability compared to the whole entire agreement - also the morals - of humankind.
14. 14.
    

    Bruce Willis in Surrogates (2009)

     

    Emotional blunting by interchangability of body replacement by robot avatars with no direct contact between the users. That could also be manipulative.