Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat
A blog post by Rodney Brooks, Robohub, dated November 2014. Robohub dates its repost 11 November 2014 and names Rethink Robotics as the original venue; Brooks also gave the essay as his response in the Edge Reality Club discussion "The Myth of AI" (conversation dated 14 November 2014), saying there that he wrote it a week earlier. The original Rethink Robotics posting date was not verified. Two expressions are recorded as sources: the Robohub repost and the Edge response.
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- Artificial Intelligence Is A Tool Not A Threat (response by Rodney A. Brooks, in "The Myth of AI", Reality Club discussion) Edge.org, conversation page "The Myth of AI" (Jaron Lanier, dated 14 November 2014), Reality Club discussion · published 2014-11 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 6ea0800c969ae54c4fad372468aa5a9a557b4d25a081bee9b26d51048fd8d159). current Edge.org conversation page retrieved 2026-10-29 (the page states that the site is hosted by the Internet Archive); responses carry no individual dates. The cross-family check retrieved it again on 2026-10-31; the bytes differ, and the check compared the quoted passages.
- Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat Robohub (robohub.org), reposting the Rethink Robotics blog · published 2014-11 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 5b5a58b8652dc2adb1af5f2999c3a3dfea023e8e79228efee821041f735eb339). Robohub repost dated 11 November 2014, which states that the article originally appeared on Rethink Robotics; the Rethink Robotics page could not be retrieved, so the wording is read in the repost. The cross-family check retrieved it again on 2026-10-31; the bytes differ, and the check compared the quoted passages.
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- Of Myths And MoonshineRussell's Edge response of 2014 replies to Brooks's response in the same discussion, which it names, on the timescale of technological breakthroughs.2014 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Russell, Of Myths and Moonshine (Edge, 2014): document page →
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- Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiableBrooks's blog post of November 2014 argues that worry about malevolent AI rests on a misunderstanding of how far the field is from volitional machines, and calls worrying about intentionally evil AI fear mongering and a waste of time.2014-11 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiable: propositions page →
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- Intelligence brings benevolence or no drive to dominateBrooks's Edge response of 2014 argues that worry about intentionally evil AI is mistaken because volitional, intentional AI is most likely centuries away, and that AI over the next decades will be useful tools.2014-11 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Intelligence brings benevolence or no drive to dominate: propositions page →
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