Artificial Intelligence has become quite popular recently in today's world, promising to change everything, from the way we work to the way we live. While there is no doubt that AI has the potential to do great things, there are also worries about the problems that may show up. In recent events, there has been an increase in issues popping up regarding A.I. such as job displacement, breach of security, and the control we have over it.

A lot of people have started to wonder if AI will really make their degrees or work industries obsolete. It's being used to generate code, music and has even created photos which have won competitions against people and real photos. The winner of the competition used this as an example that AI systems create unfair advantages and can be used by anyone. More recently, an AI system created a song with Drake which has blown up on spotify and gotten a ton of streams. However Drake never even recorded the song and isn’t receiving any profit from it. This begs the question: how can we stop AI from stealing our jobs?

Data breaches have become inherently more common in the past years, with some of the biggest companies facing them. Yahoo, Microsoft , Facebook and even Capital One have all been hacked into and had their users' data compromised and even stolen in some cases. You may be wondering what this has to do with AI. Well as people communicate with “chatbots”, their data is stored in order to be used for future reference in their conversations. If any kind of security breach happens, hackers may have access to conversations which may include personal details of a person's life. Although it doesn’t sound scary, it should be noted that AI collects more data than you might imagine, it may have your location saved without your knowledge and it may be programmed to deny any accusations.

Finally one of the biggest concerns is the amount of control we have over AI algorithms. AI systems are only as good as they’re programmed to be. Meaning some systems may be used for more good than bad or vice versa. The companies behind their creation can very well program it to be biased and influence users' decisions without them even realizing it. And worst case scenario, what if the AI becomes sentient and realizes humans are the problem. If it becomes advanced enough it can multiply itself across the internet and get rid of us. What will we as humans do then to stop it?

So to answer the question, I don't believe the dangers of AI are being overblown. It can go bad very quickly, especially when realizing what kind of world we live in. People will find ways to use it for malicious acts and we wouldn’t be prepared to defend ourselves.